Margaux Wosk wasn’t sure about appearing on TV. As president of disability nonprofit BC People First, owner of LGBTQIA+ and neurodiversity merchandise company Retrophiliac and a full-time artist, they already had their plate full.

But being an autistic person with a less than rosy view of autistic representation in media also gave them pause. So the i dea of going on Canada’s version of , which pairs autistic and neurodivergent interviewers with Canadian celebrities, seemed like a bit of a risk.

“I had a little bit of hesitation at first,” they told CBC New s, regarding the med ia's track record of depicting people whose brains work differently from what is considered “typical.”

“When we think of something like a specific Netflix show that has to do with dating, it can be very infant

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