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Star Trek: Discovery has Cadet Sylvia Tilly, a character who's not identified as autistic but is very coded as such (e.g. in her first scene, she seems to have trouble with picking up on social cues and talks a lot, and she had to get a different fabric for her bedsheets because of "special needs"). her portrayal is very respectful and positive, and as all the characters get to know each other they make an active effort to be understanding and accommodating towards her and treat her like the capable officer she is
To be honest I wouldn't read too much into that. Discovery was so obnoxiously on the nose with its representation I'd bet if Tilly was supposed to be autistic or neurodivergent in general she'd have been introduced as such, with half a dozen situations where it is brought up artificially.