Javier Maldonado has autism. He is also sensitive to lights, specifically light bulbs which make it impossible for him to go to the grocery store. His roommate, Lana Moore also has autism whom he is in love with.
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Javier Maldonado is the roommate of Lana Moore, a patient who needs to undergo brain surgery. Both Javi and Lana are autistic. While Javi initially denies being Lana's boyfriend, it is later revealed that they have a sexual relationship that is more than platonic.
Javi's help is needed in the operating room to save Lana but he is sensitive to light (Javi wears progressively tinted glasses due to his sensory processing disorder, a common condition comorbid to autism) and he refuses to help with the surgery. While Dr. Shaun Murphy tries to get Javi to overcome his fear by appealing to Javi's affinity for his ritual of playing insect trivia with Lana, Dr. Morgan Reznick appeals to Javi's emotions, insisting that Javi does indeed love Lana. But Javi replies that he does not love her. However, he later unexpectedly shows up during the surgery and saves Lana by overcoming his fear and going into the brightly lit operating room. After surgery, he confesses his love for her.
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