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Following Shore’s saying that if you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism, the show’s creators thought it was important to portray how autism manifests in different ways.

“Animation is simpler and easier to process,” Shore says.

Like Carl, series adviser Stephen Shore, a professor at Adelphi University, is autistic, and when he saw the first episode of the series, he couldn’t believe how much he had in common with Carl, down to their mutual love of argyle sweater vests.

Shore says he combines his personal experience as an autistic person with his practical experience working with autistic people.

“Disclosure has to go further than just saying, ‘I’m autistic,” Shore explains.