Jean Winegardner www.stimeyland.com Ryan Cartwright as Gary Bell of “Alphas” I am always interested to see how television shows use autistic characters. Thanks to a column I wrote for Autism Unexpected, I was able to conduct an email interview with Ryan Cartwright, the actor who plays autistic character Gary Bell on Syfy’s show “Alphas.” Ryan had some great answers to the questions I had about creating an autistic character for television. He was interested in seeing his full answers published, and I agreed. (Don’t forget to read my full story about the show as well: “He’s not autistic, but he plays one on TV.”) Check out what Ryan had to say, and be sure to let me know if you’ve watched “Alphas” and, if you have, what you think of it and its portrayal of autism. Jean: How did you approach playing an autistic character differently than the other roles…