Seseme Street is introducing a muppet with autism

[JuniperBug]

Also there's a website with some resources and info for both kids and parents.

http://autism.sesamestreet.org

Thoughts?

 

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The new muppet character seems to me to be a redundant addition.
I always figured Bert for their spectrum character.
Ernie is pretty special, too, but Bert seemed stereotypically & delightfully
aspie, to me.

http://www.people.com/article/sesame-street-introduces-autistic-muppet
https://www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/sesame-street039s-new-muppet-julia-has-autism

 

[Judge]

Seems a critical metaphor that they made Julia as a human being rather than some creature. That much is good. As for anything else, well...Sesame Street is a bit after my time...lol.

Attention Mods: Looks like we need another thread merge here...just spotted another thread on the same subject in a different section of the forum.

 

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I didn't see this on the other thread.
It is a little background on the development of the new character.
http://www.latimes.com/local/educat...tic-muppet-girl-julia-20151022-htmlstory.html

 

[Flinty]

One has to remember that Sesame Street has changed over the decades. Early episodes are now for adults only, and those that are appropriate for kids are for five-year-olds. The Sesame Street that is being made now is for two-year-olds, and Bert rarely appears outside his apartment in any case.

 

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[AsheSkyler]

I loved Sesame Street when I was a kid. Back when it was normal. Like Oscar being grouchy and Cookie Monster living on cookies. Modern Sesame Street just unnerves me to no end. I don't let my kid watch the new stuff. I dig up some of the older PBS shows for him.

 

[Nick12]

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