Isaac

"Every autistic is an experiment. Nobody like me exists anywhere else"

- Isaac

Isaac is a supporting character in the American science-fiction novel Children of God by Mary Doria Russell.

Character creation
In the acknowledgements, author Mary Doria Russell indicates she read the autobiographies of autistic activists Donna Williams and Temple Grandin, as well as The Siege by Clara Claiborne Park, which relays her experiences with raising her autistic daughter Jessica Park.

Autism
While autism is alluded to very early on in the novel, Isaac is only explicitly state to be autistic towards the very end.