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Autism In Sesame Street

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On Monday, ‘Sesame Street’ masterfully introduced, Julia, a little girl muppet with autism and in doing so continued a long tradition of preaching inclusiveness. While breaking new ground isn’t anything new for the highly popular children’s television show, this is the first time ‘Sesame Street’ struck a nerve with me. Two months ago, my son, Charles was diagnosed with autism. What stood out about the episode is that it didn’t seek to answer what was Autism but it did attempt to eliminate any stigma associated with it. Summary In this episode, we see Alan (Alan Muraoka) supervising Elmo, Abby, and Julia as they all try finger painting. Big Bird happens to walk up and asks what they are doing. He gets typical responses from his buddies (Elmo and Abby) but nothing out Julia. She just keeps finger painting completely ignoring his overtures …show more content…

At one point in the episode, Alan is asked point blank by Big Bird about Autism and is initially stymied by the question. His response seemed all too real as there are times it's hard to articulate what Autism is. However, Alan's response to Big Bird's question was perfect. Instead of focusing on a scientific response, he explained that Julia just handles things in a different way. Just phrasing thing in that matter promotes a message of inclusion and positivity. The episode didn't just paint a rosy by presenting some real obstacles that kids with Autism struggle with. For example, many children with Autism has sensory issues and don't like how things feel or loud sounds. In this episode we see Julia struggle with using finger paints because she doesn't like how they feel on her hand. She's able to work around it by using a long paint brush. We also witness her being overwhelmed when the car siren goes off because of sensitivity to sound. The other Muppets are puzzled by this and Julia has to go to her happy place to calm down and feel

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