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  1. To Be Wired Differently by

    Fandoms: The Politician (TV 2019)  

    02 Apr 2025

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    "It's more than that for me. What if I'm just wired differently?"

    I've had the headcanon that Payton is on the spectrum since I first watched the show. As an autistic person, I see myself in him a lot and he has been a character I have felt great empathy for and comfort in. Do I agree with everything he does? Of course not! Autistic people are not all good or all bad; media portrayals tend to skew to one extreme or the other.

    I wanted to explore my headcanon further and/or explicitly, and what time to do it than Autism Acceptance Month?

    Disclaimer: This is my exploration of the series through the lens of him being autistic, taking from my own experience in some ways and individualized, Payton-specifically-created other ways. This is not a catch-all, monolithic view of people on the spectrum!

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