Article: https://www.landmark.edu/research-training/blog/toxic-ideas [quote]September 13, 2019 By Chris Wenz Julia, an autistic muppet, arrived on Sesame Street in 2017 after the success of Sesame Workshop’s online initiative See Amazing in All Children. If you haven’t seen Julia’s first appearance on Sesame Street, it’s embedded below and you need to watch it. Seriously: it’s only 10 minutes, and it's Sesame Street so I promise you won’t regret it. The care with which Julia’s differences are explained, understood, and accepted as an incredible antidote to how our culture perceives autism. One of the top comments on the video embedded above is an excellent reminder of this reality:[/quote]“The sirens weren’t that loud.” “well they were to Julia!” I genuinely wish I had friends this considerate of my disability. seriously." [quote]The See Amazing campaign and Julia’s presence on the show has already had an impact on the stigma surrounding autism. In a recent study published in the journal Autism, Anthony and colleagues evaluated the impact of the See Amazing materials on parents of children with and without autism. Notably, they found that after exposure to the materials parents of non-autistic children had increased knowledge of autism and greater acceptance of autistic children. ....[/quote]