American children’s TV series Sesame Street has been an audience favourite since the late 1960s, its diverse characters replete with messages that provide not just entertainment but educational content too. This month, Julia, the autistic Muppet, made her debut appearance in the series.
In a day and age when alternative narratives are crucial to every story being recounted, from movies to comic books, this can be viewed as a welcome step. Julia is introduced as someone who does things in a ‘’Julia sort of way’’.