[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the Survivor Season 48 premiere.] Survivor has had its share of neurodiverse players, but the Season 48 cast features what the show is calling its first openly autistic player. Eva Erickson, a 24-year-old PhD candidate, came into Survivor with a plan to divulge her neurodiversity to one ally to start, and if circumstances forced her to open up more, she would. She fears telling more people about her autism because, as she describes it, they could try to take advantage of her struggles with social cues and difficulty to catch someone in a lie. But Eva quickly pinpointed her “ride or die” ally in the Season 48 premiere, which aired on Wednesday, February 26 on CBS, and as her ally said himself, “she came to the right person, 100 percent.” This moment of connection resulted in a powerful confessional interview from contestant Joe Hunter, who was deeply honored by Eva’s show of vulnerability and trust.