Nick News Show Will Focus On Autism
Presumably in honor of National Autism Awareness Month, Nick News and anchor Linda Ellerbee will focus on the private world of children with autism. The show, to air on April 22 at 8:30pm ET/PT on Nickelodeon, is entitled Private Worlds: Kids and Autism. “Autism is not a mental illness. It’s not contagious, and it’s not a choice; and while kids with autism have been described as living in their own private worlds,” Ellerbee said, “they are also living in our world. Therein lies the challenge for all of us: How do we live differently together?”
Viewers will first be introduced to severely autistic fifth-grader Andrew; it will focus on Andrew’s inability to communicate his feelings and how his parents deal with it in their everyday lives. In addition to Andrew, Bond a 15 year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome, Matt a 14 year-old with “Savant Syndrome” and even Temple Grandin will be featured.
You can read the entire press release at: Private Worlds: Kids and Autism.
