Andy Warhol is Autistic

The Autistic traits visible in Warhol’s life—monotropic focus, echolalia in interviews, sensory differences with food, dyslexia, and obsessive collecting.

How Warhol embraced repetition and visual thinking in his iconic works (Campbell’s soup cans, celebrity portraits) in ways that resonate deeply with autistic patterns of creativity and comfort.

The role of costume parties as safe, structured spaces for Warhol and his guests to connect authentically while bypassing small talk.

Warhol’s careful balance of masking and authenticity, including his downplayed public queerness and art-world outsider identity.

How his “safe foods”—the limited, comforting diet he stuck to after being shot—paralleled the way autistic people rely on safe foods for regulation.

The joy and validation of collecting trinkets and objects, which Warhol leaned into as a creative and personal practice.

Why society labeled him “eccentric” instead of recognizing his communication and creative methods as Autistic strengths.

The enduring power of his art to reflect neurodivergent ways of seeing the world—down to the detail of wearing the same brand of underwear every single day.