‘Sesame Street’ Introduces New Character with Autism

By Alex Richards

The new initiative, “Sesame Street And Autism: See Amazing In All Children,” was launched Wednesday, October 21, 2015, in hopes of bringing awareness to autism and the stigma it carries. The nationwide initiative was designed for children ages 2 to 5, and it was developed with input from parents, people who serve the autism community, and people with autism.

“Children with autism are five times more…

Alex Richards
Alex Richards

Alex Richards is a Brooklyn-based young adult writer with a background in photography and television production. She loves making no-budget horror flicks with her friends, cooking, crafting, exploring, and being silly with her two kids, awesome husband, and lazy cats. In addition to her young adult novel, Back Talk, Alex writes for New York Family Magazine, and works with ASAP, a South African organization supporting rural communities of women caring for vulnerable children.

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