Does forrest gump have autism?

Neither author Winston Groom nor star Tom Hanks or director Robert Zemeckis have ever commented on their view of whether or not Forrest was intended to be portrayed as autistic. Indeed, at the time Groom published the novel, in 1986, autism was still poorly understood and not widely recognized by most people. read more

Forrest Gump does not depict any real psychological condition and those with autism do not see themselves as Gump. I had an elderly aunt who was rather wealthy and conservative and she only went to a movie theater twice, to see Ben Hur and Forest Gump. read more

Forrest Gump was portrayed to be mildly MR, and autism was never mentioned explicitly or even suggested. However, his behaviour just about personifies autism - not necessarily to an extreme degree, à la Rain Man, but in quality. read more