Renee is Pixar's first nonspeaking autistic character. Her voice actress, Madison Bandy, is also autistic and non-verbal. Renee is hypersensitive to sound. She covers her ears and becomes overwhelmed by loud noises.
Elsa's condition, which is triggered by fear and anxiety, is representative of not only physical but also mental and cognitive disability, as many viewers have noted. The mishandling of Elsa's condition by her parents resonates especially with those who live with anxiety and depression.
There are a few characters who have disabilities like Dory (short term memory loss in Finding Nemo/Finding Dory), Quasimodo (titular hunchback in Hunchback of Notre Dame), or Dopey (mutism, dwarfism in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves).
Ariel, our beloved Disney princess can be diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
And he is — and he's a new friend for Thomas and his friends. And he's also autistic, like me. Nicole Ellis: For British audiences, Bruno the Brake Car is voiced by 9-year-old Elliott Garcia.
Through its outsider protagonist, Encanto provides a rich and detailed reflection of the experiences of growing up autistic in a neurotypical family.
Bruno has a few Autistic traits. In the movie, he developed the form of ritual based off of a combination of superstition and possibly sensory stimming. He would “knock knock knock on wood” all around him which is a way of asking for protection in many cultures from certain spirits.
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Renee is a thirteen-year-old girl who is nonverbally autistic. She appears in the Pixar SparkShorts film, Loop. Renne enjoys playing ringtones on her phone and touching interesting textures (like reeds). She communicates by vocalizing, gesturing, and showing people things on her phone.
Dory suffers from severe short-term memory loss, but a lot of what she goes through can be adapted to other contexts, such as the world, or ocean, of ADHD. Dory has trouble with multi-step directions, is easily distracted, and is very impulsive.
Tiana. Tiana from The Princess and the Frog turns into a frig after she kisses a frog prince. She suffered from Zoophilia which is a sexual disorder involving attraction to animals or desires to have sexual contact with animals.
Finding Dory, Pixar's most recent box office success, stars many characters with disabilities. Dory, the titular character, has short-term memory loss. Nemo has physical disabilities with his little fin, and Hank is an octopus that is missing a tentacle.
She has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. But she also has hidden disabilities — obsessive compulsive disorder and anxiety disorder. So Elsa, the queen whose hidden condition is dramatically revealed, feels like an ally.
Disability becomes part of Nemo's personal history and social identity, visually marking him as a survivor. "Finding Nemo" proves to be an unconventional, transgressive representation of disability.
Fantastic is both a claimed and a named autistic character. Reed Richards, or Mr. Fantastic, is a seminal character in the Marvel Universe, emblematic of the Silver Age collaboration between Jack Kirby and Stan Lee.
In the Marvel comics, Reed Richards from the Fantastic 4 diagnoses himself with autism and is considered an autism-coded character.
Spongebob characters represent disorders. Spongebob - ADHD. Patrick - Down Syndrome. Squidward - Depression. Mr Crabs - Narsicisstic Personality Disorder.
What surprised me was that the boy's father asked me, “Does Spongebob cause ADHD?” I replied, “No.” There is no direct link to Spongebob causing ADHD. There was a study in 2011 that suggested watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds.
While there appears to be no evidence that creators Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois intentionally made Lilo autistic, it is a widely accepted theory among fans—especially for those who are on the spectrum or believe themselves to be—that her neurodivergence is at least implied, much in the same way that other Disney ...
Loop was directed and written by Erica Milsom, with a story created by Adam Burke, Erica Milsom and Matthias De Clercq. Michael Warch and Krissy Cababa produced the short. The team brought in consultants from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to ensure that Renee's portrayal would be authentic.
The character appears to symbolize the stigma around mental health issues: While he is never labeled with a specific diagnosis in the film, some viewers have suggested that he has OCD or another type of neurodivergent brain function.
Instead, Mirabel, like many people with autism, has long accepted who she is and the qualities that set her apart from her family.
Mirabel is initially portrayed as full of life; she's plucky and cute. But Hiers said that this is depression masquerading itself.