I don't know anything about marketing or advertising but this girl's rendition of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" is downright annoying -- whether she's autistic or not. I'm sure the idea is to elicit some sort of suprise; showcasing diversity in autistic children. A guy I once dated had an autistic niece whose parents were struggling with. His sister and her husband made a trip from Staten Island to somewhere in CT or upstate NY every week to go see their daughter's progress on a treatment program. And then one day, it was another trip to the center but with the niece in tow; she had come home for the holidays. George was making sure she was safely buckled in the backseat belt and did a double take when she said hello back.
Translating something like this would have been better. Maybe it's not even possible but I hope they stop airing that ad because I think people get that autism is serious.
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