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Sesame Street Introduce New Character Who Has Autism

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09:06 20 Mar 2017


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There's a new character coming to Sesame Street.

The children's show will introduce a new muppet called Julia who has autism.

They hope the introduction of Julia will reduce the stigma associated with autistic children.

Julia will have red hair, green eyes and a toy rabbit and will feature in the show from next month.

"The big discussion right at the start was, 'How do we do this? How do we talk about autism?'" Sesame Street writer Christine Ferraro told the CBS show 60 Minutes.

"It's tricky because autism is not one thing, because it is different for every single person who has autism."

The show worked with autism organisations to decide which characteristics Julia should have.


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