{"id":17040,"date":"2024-11-22T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17040"},"modified":"2024-11-22T16:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:25:38","slug":"carl-the-collector-puts-an-autistic-child-well-raccoon-in-the-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17040","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Carl the Collector\u2019 Puts an Autistic Child (Well, Raccoon) in the Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several recent TV series for adults have featured autistic lead characters. A new PBS show looks to expand that trend into children\u2019s programming.<\/p>\n

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Carl isn\u2019t unlike many small children you may know. He balks when his mother suggests he get rid of some of his many stuffed animals. If his friends want to play a game that isn\u2019t his favorite, he feels frustrated. And when he realizes he has left one of his prized toy collections away from home, he needs help falling asleep.<\/p>\n

But Carl also differs from most of his peers, and not just because he is a fuzzy little raccoon. Carl is autistic, with reactions that are often longer-lasting, more intense or more socially awkward than those of his pals. As the title character in PBS Kids\u2019 animated television show \u201cCarl the Collector<\/a>\u201d \u2014 and the first autistic lead character in a PBS children\u2019s series \u2014 he offers young audiences a rare close-up view of autism spectrum disorder<\/a>, demonstrating to those who are not on the spectrum, and to those who are, how they can help one another navigate childhood challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stories overall are just human experience, stories for everybody,\u201d said Zachariah OHora<\/a>, the best-selling children\u2019s author and illustrator, who is the creator of \u201cCarl the Collector.\u201d \u201cWe just get to see it through all these different lenses.\u201d (The show began streaming last week at PBSkids.org<\/a> and airs on PBS stations.)<\/p>\n

Geared toward viewers ages 4 to 8, the series debuts with a story in which Carl figures out that he can make a photo scrapbook of the plush toys he seldom plays with, which makes them easier to give away. In another episode, when Carl insists on his choice of what to play and when, his buddies persuade him that they should devise a rulebook that includes taking turns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cSo much of the strategies and techniques that are used to support and help autistic individuals are really just extensions of good practice,\u201d said Stephen Shore<\/a>, an autistic professor of special education at Adelphi University and an adviser to the show.<\/p>\n

That support seems especially important now. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in 36 American children is now diagnosed with autism<\/a> \u2014 up from one in 150 in the year 2000. Although medical experts attribute the rise<\/a> partly to increased testing and broader diagnostic criteria, the disorder remains a major concern for parents.<\/p>\n

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Several recent TV series for adults have featured autistic lead characters. A new PBS show looks to expand that trend into children\u2019s programming.Carl isn\u2019t unlike many small children you may know. He balks when his mother suggests he get rid of some of his many stuffed animals. If his friends want to play a game that isn\u2019t his favorite, he feels frustrated. And when he realizes he has left one of his prized toy collections away from home, he needs help falling asleep.But Carl also differs from most of his peers, and not just because he is a fuzzy little raccoon. Carl is autistic, with reactions that are often longer-lasting, more intense or more socially awkward than those of his pals. As the title character in PBS Kids\u2019 animated television show \u201cCarl the Collector\u201d \u2014 and the first autistic lead character in a PBS children\u2019s series \u2014 he offers young audiences a rare close-up view of autism spectrum disorder, demonstrating to those who are not on the spectrum, and to those who are, how they can help one another navigate childhood challenges.\u201cThe stories overall are just human experience, stories for everybody,\u201d said Zachariah OHora, the best-selling children\u2019s author and illustrator, who is the creator of \u201cCarl the Collector.\u201d \u201cWe just get to see it through all these different lenses.\u201d (The show began streaming last week at PBSkids.org and airs on PBS stations.)Geared toward viewers ages 4 to 8, the series debuts with a story in which Carl figures out that he can make a photo scrapbook of the plush toys he seldom plays with, which makes them easier to give away. In another episode, when Carl insists on his choice of what to play and when, his buddies persuade him that they should devise a rulebook that includes taking turns.\u201cSo much of the strategies and techniques that are used to support and help autistic individuals are really just extensions of good practice,\u201d said Stephen Shore, an autistic professor of special education at Adelphi University and an adviser to the show.That support seems especially important now. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in 36 American children is now diagnosed with autism \u2014 up from one in 150 in the year 2000. Although medical experts attribute the rise partly to increased testing and broader diagnostic criteria, the disorder remains a major concern for parents.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17042,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17040"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17043,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17040\/revisions\/17043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}