Out of all the 600 shows that aired in 2022, only 2.8 percent of them had a disabled character, a jump from 10 years ago where only .6 percent had one.
Running from August 2017 to July 2021, Netflix’s Atypical follows the main character Sam–played by Kier Gilchrist–and his family as he navigates graduating high school and attending college as an individual with autism.