Shepherd O'Conner (By the Light of the Moon)

Shepherd O'Conner is a major character in the American thriller novel The Light of the Moon, written by Dean Koontz.

Autism
His autism is introduced as such: "He's been diagnosed autistic, also high-functioning autistic. He's never violent, and sometimes he's highly communicative, so he was once even diagnosed with Asperger syndrome."

- Dylan O'Conner about Shep