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New Sesame Street Muppet character with autism



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MitzadSheini




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Mar 26 2017, 12:07 am
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha.....39728
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May




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Mar 26 2017, 2:06 am
I think that's very nice! I'm a bit surprised they made the character a girl since autism is so much more prevalent in boys.
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MitzadSheini




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Mar 27 2017, 8:19 pm
Here is a better clip

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=84soOcZjTPI

And BTW May it may be that autism is just less diagnosed in females.
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sequoia




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Mar 27 2017, 8:21 pm
May wrote:
I think that's very nice! I'm a bit surprised they made the character a girl since autism is so much more prevalent in boys.


Yeah... In "Girl Meets World" the character with Aspergers was also a girl. Maybe girls are just imagined as pleasanter, less aggressive, nicer, or more relateable.
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cbsp




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Mar 28 2017, 4:52 pm
MitzadSheini wrote:
Here is a better clip

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=84soOcZjTPI

And BTW May it may be that autism is just less diagnosed in females.


Thanks for this clip.
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greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 29 2017, 12:04 am
where's the show that teaches adults to be kind to families with unique kids ?

I'm glad for julia ~ welcome to sesame street Wave
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May




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 29 2017, 3:18 am
MitzadSheini wrote:
Here is a better clip

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=84soOcZjTPI

And BTW May it may be that autism is just less diagnosed in females.


I don't think so... The statistics are too skewed- the boy to girl ratio is about 5:1. Why would so many girls go undiagnosed? I work in the autistic population as well as with a lot of children pre-diagnosis and just really don't think that can explain the disparity. Besides, many special needs issues are more prevalent in boys. That's just the nature of the briah.
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