Alex Lowery speaks about autism

Category: Autism in Fiction

  • 19.08.21

    ‘Is Haruhi Suzumiya autistic?’ by George Harvey

    Today we have a guest article by George Harvey (a fellow autistic advocate). He also wrote an article for us 6 years ago which you can view here. Today’s article is about one of my personal favorite anime characters, Haruhi...

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  • 24.03.21

    Is Sherlock autistic?

    Hello everyone! Check out my latest video which discusses the possibility that Sherlock Holmes from the BBC series could be on the autistic spectrum. All images and footage are fairly used for the purpose of review....

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  • 22.06.20

    Autism movie review: The Boy Who Could Fly

    The first mainstream representation of autism in a Holywood blockbuster was Rain Man from 1988. I did a review of Rain Man where I spoke about its portrayal of autism. You can view that video in the link below. There...

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  • 08.07.19

    The X-Men & Autism connection

    I have watched many of the X-Men films and I have noticed for quite a while that there are similarities between the X-Men universe and the autistic community. For those of you that don’t know, X-Men is about people who...

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  • 26.06.19

    Autistic characters in anime

    I have previously written about characters with autistic traits in fiction in general. I have also come to find a number of anime characters with autistic-like characteristics. Note – none of these characters is officially confirmed to be on the autistic...

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  • 29.05.18

    Is Piggy from the Lord of the Flies autistic?

    I’ve been attending a night class where I learn about English Literature studies. One of the books we’ve been studying is ‘The Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding. I’ve heard it suggested that one of the characters ‘Piggy’ might...

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  • 28.11.17

    Of Mice & Men – is Lennie autistic?

    How many of you have read, watched or listened to the story called ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck? It’s an excellent story about two men who travel together. One of the men is called Lennie. He is a...

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  • 16.05.17

    Autism in Pop Culture

    This is a blog article about autism in Pop Culture. I’m going to be talking about how quite a few characters display signs of autism that appear in Pop Culture today. In television shows, films and books, there seem to...

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Organisations Alex has worked with

  • Autism Cymru
  • Chester University
  • Glyndwr University
  • National Autistic Society
  • St John's Ambulance
  • Welsh Government

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