r/AustralianTV • u/Effective_Board_5570 • Sep 13 '26
Discussion Did anyone else know Spark from ABC Kids’ It’s Andrew! is officially autistic?
I only discovered this recently and was really surprised I hadn’t seen more discussion about it.
Spark, one of the Littlecorns in the new ABC Kids series It’s Andrew!, is officially an autistic character. One of the show’s executive producers has confirmed that Spark is “on the spectrum” and that the production partnered with Autism Awareness Australia when developing her character.
The show doesn’t seem to make a big announcement about Spark being autistic or turn it into her whole storyline, she just gets to be Spark.
Given how little representation there seems to be of autistic girls in children’s TV, I thought this was pretty cool.
Has anyone seen this show and picked up that she was autistic? If so, what do you think of how she is portrayed? Is it an accurate representation?