Julia



Julia is a four-year-old girl with autism from Sesame Street, introduced in 2015 as part of the Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children initiative. She is a young girl with bright orange hair and big green eyes and is friends with Elmo and Abby. To describe how atypical Julia is, people usually say she does things in a "Julia sort of way."

Julia's characterization was originated by Leslie Kimmelman for the digital storybook We're Amazing, 1, 2, 3! She used her own experiences as the mother of a child with autism, as well as input from research and advisers from the autism community, to inform the story.

Due to the positive response to the outreach initiative, Julia was made into a physical Muppet that debuted in episode 4715 of the show, airing on April 10, 2017. She is performed by Stacey Gordon, who also used her own experiences raising her autistic son to help inform the actions of the character. She made her television debut on 60 Minutes on March 19, 2017, and subsequently appeared in a series of YouTube videos for SesameStreet's YouTube Channel.

A digital storybook released in April 2018, Family Forever: A Julia Storybook, introduced Julia's family - her mother (a teacher), her father (a medical professional and saxophonist) and her older brother Samuel.



Appearances

 * Sesame Street
 * Episode 4715
 * Episode 4734
 * Episode 4801
 * Episode 4806
 * Episode 4807
 * Episode 4821
 * See Amazing in All Children resource videos
 * Abby Cadabby & Julia Sing "Sunny Days"
 * Elmo & Julia Sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
 * Butterfly Flapping Fun
 * Play Peek-A-Boo
 * Making Bubbles!
 * Julia Invents a New Game
 * 60 Minutes (March 19, 2017)
 * Today (March 27, 2017)
 * The Capitol Visitor Center (April 4, 2017)
 * The View (April 12, 2017)
 * Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (November 18, 2017)

Book appearances

 * We're Amazing, 1, 2, 3! (2016)
 * Celebrate You, Celebrate Me! (2017)
 * The Runaway Egg (2018)
 * Family Forever: A Julia Storybook (2018)