Sesame Street introduces new muppet, Julia - their first autistic character

Julia will be first seen on Sesame Street on an episode to be aired in the US on April 10.

In 2015, we introduced you to Sesame Street’s newest digital character, Julia - a muppet who is meant to represent an autistic child.

The introduction of Julia was the educational franchise's first digital character with autism, and was introduced as part of the show's online initiative, Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in all Children - an initiative aimed to reduce “the stigma of autism”.