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Crystal_1501

Webby has autism?

Theory

Before anyone attacks me, I have autism myself and on several occasions, have seen a child for 5 minutes, if that, and correctly guessed they have autism due to their behaviour.

So why do I think Webby may be autistic? Well, despite her having lived in a mansion without leaving for most of her childhood, there's still signs of autism in her taking that into consideration:

Overactive imagination - all kids have big imaginations, but there's pretending the floor is lava, then there's creating an entire backstory for several made up characters just because you're bored, and for her, this blurs the line between imagination and reality, which is another autistic trait

Specific obsessions - most kids, if they had nothing better to do than study one specific thing, would either get bored of it or just know a lot. Webby, however, makes it part of herself, to the point where she gets overwhelmed when visiting Scrooge's parents for the first time

Social conduct - I understand that on her first time out, Webby wouldn't know how to act, so the boys make it clear how to behave, but the first thing she does... is everything she was just told not to do, just because she's so excited, I'm pretty sure a neurotypical kid would listen to their friends advice

Always trying to fix things - idk if this could be just a me thing, but I relate very strongly to Webby always getting involved when she doesn't need to just to try to help others, sometimes even if they don't want help

Even if she doesn't have autism, I still strongly suspect she's on the spectrum.

Posted Oct 10, 2025, 7:26 PM UTC

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