Ben (Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum)

Ben (Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum) is a minor recurring character in the animated children's series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum.

Character creation
Autistic activist and animal behavior scientist Temple Grandin was involved with making the episode about herself, in which Ben also appears.

I am Temple Grandin
Ben is the new kid in Yadina's class. Yadina doesn't quite understand what autism is or means, but she doesn't let that stop her from trying to befriend him. She wants to show him around the museum so she, Xavier and Brad approach him full of enthusiasm, but he gets overwhelmed by the three of them talking at once. His mother explains that he's sensitive to sound. Ben wanders off to the balloon exhibit because he loves balloons, which disappoints Yadina because he didn't try her museum tour. The secret museum sends Yadina, Xavier and Brad to Massachusetts, 1953, to meet Temple Grandin. They learn that people do and think things differently, and that's okay. When they get back to the museum, Yadina joins Ben at the balloon exhibit.

I am Bob Ross
Ben made Yadina a card, so she's making one for him too. She tries painting him, but makes a mistake. After visiting Bob Ross and learning that there are no mistakes, just happy accidents, she turns the failed portrait into a picture of a balloon and gives it to ben.

Autism
Ben is stated to be autistic in the series. He stims by snapping a rubber band around his wrist