On September 13, 2017, Atypical was renewed for a ten-episode second season.[13] David Finch, who is autistic, joined the writing team.[12] Eight autistic actors from The Miracle Project have supporting roles in the second season as members of a peer support group which Sam joins,[14] and other autistic actors play neurotypical characters.[15] Executive producer Mary Rohlich also said the show was "bringing in more female directors and female diversity":[16] seven of the ten episodes were directed by women and half of the writing team were female.[17] On October 24, 2018, Atypical was renewed for a third season which will consist of 10 episodes.[18]