Published on 12, July, 2020
I read Elle Mcnicoll’s book, ‘A Kind Of Spark’ about 18 months ago. It follows two autistic sisters, the younger one was diagnosed early after her older sister was diagnosed after school leaving age. I loved the audiobook and have listened to some of Elle’s other books, all have neurodiverse characters, Elle is autistic herself, anyway the BBC have been working with Elle and A Kind of Spark is coming to BBC iplayer at the end of the month, it will then go to mainstream tv. The two autistic characters are both played by autistic actors. It’s a brilliant story and another step towards autism being shown in a positive way.
This is the trailer Elle released today.
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Thanks to Roy for bring everyone's attention to this programme.
There's an article about it here. I do wish the word 'disability' wasn't used in it but the article itself is interesting:
‘There’s no part we can’t do. That’s so empowering’: the CBBC drama revolutionising onscreen autism ~
www.theguardian.com/.../a-kind-of-spark-autistic-led-cbbc-show
Quite a few Autistic people I have met say it is a disability. I would definitely say I am disabled. I can understand people wanting to be free of social value judgements with such terms though if that is a concern. I have already seen clips from the series. Looks interesting.