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Sesame Street has introduced Julia, a Muppet with autism. For a while now she has appeared in some of the background materials, but recently made her first appearance on the show proper. Read about Julia and watch part of the first episode.

I think they did about as well as neurotypical people can do on a first attempt. What I would really like to see is people sending in examples of what autism means for them, or how they/their kids have interacted with autistic friends. Using that to inspire Julia's character development and plot dynamics would help her authenticity. But even in this first clip, I see a lot of things that I recognize. :D 3q3q3q!!!

Current Mood: pleased
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If you mean the hand-flapping 3q3q3q, I coined that for An Army of One. The q is the thumb and the 3 is the fingers, best I could think of. You can combine it with :) or :( or other emoticons to indicate the flavor of intense mood that inspires people to flap.