Carl Gould

Carl is a third grader with Asperger's syndrome, a particular autism spectrum disorder, characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.

Appearance
Carl is a rabbit, like his mother. He has short, swurvy orange hair and wears a light blue T-shirt, gray jeans, dark blue and white sneakers and glasses.

Personality and Skills
Carl has Asperger's syndrome, a form of Autism spectrum disorder which makes him have problems with social interaction when being around people. He loves trains and can point out every detail of them with incredible accuracy and attention to detail. As well as trains, he likes to assemble jigsaws (though mainly ones featuring trains) and can draw rather good lions all by hand. He can get somewhat anxious around situations that are unfamiliar to him, but can often find a rational solution to a problem whenever it presents itself. He likes apple juice in a box, not a bottle. His favorite color is blue, but he dislikes the color brown.

Episodes featured

 * Arthur
 * 130601 George and the Missing Puzzle Piece
 * 141001 Buster Spaces Out
 * 160701 Baseball Blues

Trivia

 * He is often mistaken to be the character chosen from the Arthur new character contest due to his special needs, but this title actually belongs to Lydia Gordon.
 * He likes trains. He has a book filled with detailed drawings he drew himself.
 * However, his interests have changed to rockets and spaceships by the time of "Buster Spaces Out", though the interests of one with Asperger's changes on a regular basis.