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'Sesame Street' introduces first character with autism: Meet Julia
TODAY ^ | 10/24/2015 | Ree Hines

Posted on 10/24/2015 6:24:10 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 10/24/2015 6:24:10 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

My oldest is high functioning ASD, but I still won’t put Sesame Street on.


2 posted on 10/24/2015 6:29:32 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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It’s liberal, pro-islam garbage straight from red diaper dopers. The USSR produced children’s propaganda that varies not one whit from Sesame Street. Abolish the FCC, CPB and PBS! Let freedom ring!


3 posted on 10/24/2015 6:33:02 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: SeekAndFind

But I thought that, based on liberals’ treatment of Trig Palin, shouldn’t kids with autism should be put down before they’re born, and if not their parents mocked and ridiculed?


4 posted on 10/24/2015 6:33:47 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: goodwithagun; SeekAndFind

I’m not in favor of the ideology of “Sesame Street,” either. Hillary Clinton was on the board of Children’s Television Workshop at one point. (And Al Gore was on the board of Occidental Petroleum, but that’s something else again.)

Nonetheless, I think helping children to associate positively with those who are different is extremely important. One of the things we’ve found doing science competitions (Envirothon, Science Olympiad) is that students with autism spectrum symptoms or OCD can be extremely valuable teammates, once the group develops strategies to focus on their strengths.


5 posted on 10/24/2015 6:34:06 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("... so many times that the memories are worn." ~John Prine)
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To: SeekAndFind

I really don’t know enough about autism to have much of an opinion.


6 posted on 10/24/2015 6:34:49 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Only if they can’t be used to ‘feelgood’ people into advancing the liberal agenda.

Or if they are the child of an unperson.


7 posted on 10/24/2015 6:35:46 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m waiting for the ghost of the Gentle Giant, because #blacklivesmatter and little children need to know how cops execute black kids. </sarc>


8 posted on 10/24/2015 6:46:21 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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I’m waiting for one with Tourette’s Syndrome.


9 posted on 10/24/2015 6:48:34 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: goodwithagun
Good for you. I hope you all are getting the help you need. I've been reading Temple Grandin's book, "Thinking in Pictures." It's been a real eye-opener for me, concerning people with autism, and the different ranges they function in. The movie was really good too.

I highly recommend any of her books or just viewing the movie. She does not feel sorry for herself, she took care of her many challenges and grew up to design many of the humane cattle handling procedures used in slaughter houses and holding pens.

10 posted on 10/24/2015 6:52:20 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: dfwgator
I’m waiting for one with Tourette’s Syndrome.

Thanks...I needed a good laugh tonight. Well done.

11 posted on 10/24/2015 6:54:25 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: dfwgator

LOL!


12 posted on 10/24/2015 6:54:51 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

No that’s only Down Syndrome, which can be tested in utero. Children with autism are to be used by the left to bludgeon companies that produce vaccines.


13 posted on 10/24/2015 6:57:18 PM PDT by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Trust me, if they could test for autism in utero, you wouldn’t even be hearing about autism because none would be allowed to live.


14 posted on 10/24/2015 6:58:41 PM PDT by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven.)
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To: dfwgator

Today’s show is brought to you by the letter F


15 posted on 10/24/2015 6:59:41 PM PDT by kidd
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To: SeekAndFind
Haven't I heard this one before?

16 posted on 10/24/2015 6:59:47 PM PDT by struggle
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Guess that will be an easy puppet to work.


17 posted on 10/24/2015 7:01:23 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: struggle

Sesame Street Julia’s life will look nothing like the ‘Life of Julia’ in your chart.

If she’s like most autistics I know she’ll still be in diapers at 10yrs old.


18 posted on 10/24/2015 7:02:11 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: SeekAndFind
And next up, meet Noxzema, the one-legged black albino lesbian midget!!!!!!!


19 posted on 10/24/2015 7:02:44 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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To: Vermont Lt
Here's a really nice explanation from Dr. Grandin.
20 posted on 10/24/2015 7:04:20 PM PDT by rabidralph
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