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Kingsley on Science Education for Season 40.

Emily Perl Kingsley is a writer who joined the Sesame Street team in 1970, and has been writing for the show ever since.

Her son, Jason, was born with Down syndrome in 1974. She wrote a widely read article on the subject, "Welcome to Holland," in 1987, and has been an activist for children with special needs for over 30 years.

Her son's story became the topic of an hour-long NBC special in 1977, titled This Is My Son, and Jason co-wrote the book Count Us In: Growing Up With Down Syndrome. By 1981, the duo was making over 100 appearances a year for various groups.^[1] Though Kingsley had written scripts for disabled children in the past, her experiences with Jason increased her desire to mainstream the use of different kinds of people, including Jason himself in occasional segments, as well as guest stars like Itzhak Perlman and Christopher Reeve, and the integration of Tarah Schaeffer as a full cast member:

“No one looked like my family. They were all so healthy, so perfect. I felt totally isolated, like I had just disappeared. It was something I wanted to change.^[2]”

“We had a very explicit segment with Christopher Reeve where he talked about his accident and he showed the children how the wheelchair worked. When I interviewed him, I told him I'd like to use his son in the segment. He asked me to tell him why, to convince him because he and his wife didn't put their son in the media. I explained to him how important it was to show that people with a disability have lives, they are parents, they have spouses, and they have children. They have real lives. He agreed. In the scene, his son says to Big Bird that "We're going to the library," and when his father arrives, he climbs up on his lap, right in the wheelchair, gives him a kiss and says, "Hi Dad!" It demonstrates so clearly the ordinary warm Dad-son relationship between Chris and his son.^[3]”

Kingsley has written over 20 children's books, hundreds of Sesame songs, and two Sesame home video releases (Elmo Learns to Share and Elmo Says BOO!). She writes for other companies as well, and recently contributed to two Disney Interactive CD-ROMs.

She has won 21 Emmys and 9 nominations through her work with Sesame Street, three EDIs (Equality, Dignity, Independence Award) and a Grand EDI from Easter Seals, and an award from the National Theatre of the Deaf.

Kingsley recently began a more direct foray into puppetry when she performed her piece In a Contemplative Fashion at 2006's O'Neill Puppetry Conference, with puppeteers Amanda Maddock, Ryan Dillon, Lorraine Gilman, and Stefano Brancato.

Credits

Television & Videos

Sesame Street: Writer (1970-present)
Elmo Learns to Share: Writer
Elmo Says BOO!: Writer
Five Sesame Street Stories: Video adaptation

Books

Song Credits

Note

On some early records, she is credited as Emily Kaplin.

Sources

↑ Eleanor Berman, "'Sesame Street' Boy Helps the Disabled", New York Times, October 11, 1981.
↑ Riley, Charles A. Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for Change 2005 University Press of New England
↑ Vetter, Pam "New Civil Rights Movement: Passionate Crusade for Inclusion of People with Disabilities" December 30, 2007

External links

[nyt-1] Eleanor Berman, "'Sesame Street' Boy Helps the Disabled", New York Times, October 11, 1981.

[2] Riley, Charles A. Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for Change 2005 University Press of New England

[3] Vetter, Pam "New Civil Rights Movement: Passionate Crusade for Inclusion of People with Disabilities" December 30, 2007

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+[[Image:Emily-Perl-Kingsley.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 [[Image:EmilyPerlKingsley.jpg|thumb|300px|Illustration by [[Bill Williams]] from ''[[What Do You Do?]]'']]
+[[File:Sesame Street writer on Science Education|thumb|300px|right|Kingsley on Science Education for [[Season 40]].]]
-'''Emily Perl Kingsley''' is a writer who joined the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' team in [[1970]], and has been writing for the show ever since.
+'''Emily Perl Kingsley''' is a writer who joined the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' team in 1970, and has been writing for the show ever since.
-Her son, [[Jason Kingsley|Jason]], was born with Down Syndrome in [[1974]]. She wrote a widely read article on the subject, "Welcome to Holland," in [[1987]], and has been an activist for children with special needs for over 30 years.
+Her son, [[Jason Kingsley|Jason]], was born with Down syndrome in 1974. She wrote a widely read article on the subject, "Welcome to Holland," in 1987, and has been an activist for children with special needs for over 30 years.
-Her son's story became the topic of an hour-long [[NBC]] special in [[1977]], titled ''This Is My Son'', and Jason co-wrote the book ''Count Us In: Growing Up With Down Syndrome''. By 1981, the duo was making over 100 appearances a year for various groups.<ref name="nyt">Eleanor Berman, "[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9402EEDD1339F932A25753C1A967948260  'SESAME STREET' BOY HELPS THE DISABLED]", ''New York Times'', October 11, 1981.</ref> Though Kingsley had written scripts for disabled children in the past, her experiences with Jason increased her desire to mainstream the use of different kinds of people, including Jason himself in occasional segments, guest stars like [[Itzhak Perlman]], and the integration of [[Tarah Schaeffer]] as a full cast member: {{quote|No one looked like my family. They were all so healthy, so perfect. I felt totally isolated, like I had just disappeared. It was something I wanted to change.<ref>"[http://www.vault.com/nr/newsmain.jsp?nr_page=3&ch_id=345&article_id=18956&cat_id=941 Emily Perl Kingsley, Sesame Street writer]." Valut.com interview/prifle. 2000</ref>}}
+Her son's story became the topic of an hour-long [[NBC]] special in 1977, titled ''This Is My Son'', and Jason co-wrote the book ''Count Us In: Growing Up With Down Syndrome''. By 1981, the duo was making over 100 appearances a year for various groups.<ref name="nyt">Eleanor Berman, "[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9402EEDD1339F932A25753C1A967948260  'Sesame Street' Boy Helps the Disabled]", ''New York Times'', October 11, 1981.</ref> Though Kingsley had written scripts for disabled children in the past, her experiences with Jason increased her desire to mainstream the use of different kinds of people, including Jason himself in occasional segments, as well as guest stars like [[Itzhak Perlman]] and [[Christopher Reeve]], and the integration of [[Tarah Schaeffer]] as a full cast member: {{quote|No one looked like my family. They were all so healthy, so perfect. I felt totally isolated, like I had just disappeared. It was something I wanted to change.<ref>Riley, Charles A. [http://books.google.com/books?id=181TLdx1S5IC&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=%22No+one+looked+like+my+family.+They+were+all+so+healthy,+so+perfect.+I+felt+totally+isolated,+like+I+had+just+disappeared.+It+was+something+I+wanted+to+change%22&source=bl&ots=A2GSTa789z&sig=3Fcig8l3hxgCrDWDIi0byA6Nqfo&hl=en&ei=j8hhTPuMMYH_8AaI-L2MCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22No%20one%20looked%20like%20my%20family.%20They%20were%20all%20so%20healthy%2C%20so%20perfect.%20I%20felt%20totally%20isolated%2C%20like%20I%20had%20just%20disappeared.%20It%20was%20something%20I%20wanted%20to%20change%22&f=false ''Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for Change''] 2005 University Press of New England</ref>}}
+{{quote|We had a very explicit segment with Christopher Reeve where he talked about his accident and he showed the children how the wheelchair worked. When I interviewed him, I told him I'd like to use his son in the segment. He asked me to tell him why, to convince him because he and his wife didn't put their son in the media. I explained to him how important it was to show that people with a disability have lives, they are parents, they have spouses, and they have children. They have real lives. He agreed. In the scene, his son says to Big Bird that "We're going to the library," and when his father arrives, he climbs up on his lap, right in the wheelchair, gives him a kiss and says, "Hi Dad!" It demonstrates so clearly the ordinary warm Dad-son relationship between Chris and his son.<ref>Vetter, Pam [http://web.archive.org/20101206201703/www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/47129 "New Civil Rights Movement: Passionate Crusade for Inclusion of People with Disabilities"] December 30, 2007</ref>}}
-Kingsley has written over 20 children's books, hundreds of ''Sesame'' songs, and two ''Sesame'' home video releases (''[[Elmo Learns to Share]]'' and ''[[Elmo Says BOO! (video)|Elmo Says BOO!]]''). She writes for other companies as well, and recently contributed to two Disney Interactive CD-ROMS.
+Kingsley has written over 20 children's books, hundreds of ''Sesame'' songs, and two ''Sesame'' home video releases (''[[Elmo Learns to Share]]'' and ''[[Elmo Says BOO! (video)|Elmo Says BOO!]]''). She writes for other companies as well, and recently contributed to two Disney Interactive CD-ROMs.
-She has won 12 [[Emmy Awards|Emmys]] and 9 nominations through her work with ''Sesame Street'', three EDIs (Equality, Dignity, Independence Award) and a Grand EDI from Easter Seals, and an award from the [[National Theatre of the Deaf]].
+She has won 21 Emmys and 9 nominations through her work with ''Sesame Street'', three EDIs (Equality, Dignity, Independence Award) and a Grand EDI from Easter Seals, and an award from the [[National Theatre of the Deaf]].
-Kingsley recently began a more direct foray into puppetry when she performed her piece ''In A Contemplative Fashion'' at [[2006]]'s [[O'Neill Puppetry Conference]], with puppeteers [[Amanda Maddock]], [[Ryan Dillon]], Lorraine Gilman, and Stefano Brancato.
+Kingsley recently began a more direct foray into puppetry when she performed her piece ''In a Contemplative Fashion'' at 2006's [[O'Neill Puppetry Conference]], with puppeteers [[Amanda Maddock]], [[Ryan Dillon]], Lorraine Gilman, and Stefano Brancato.
-==Credits==
+==Credits==
 ===Television & Videos===
 * ''[[Sesame Street]]'': Writer (1970-present)
 * ''[[Elmo Learns to Share]]'': Writer
 * ''[[Elmo Says BOO! (video)|Elmo Says BOO!]]'': Writer
+* ''[[Five Sesame Street Stories]]'': Video adaptation
 ===Books===
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 ===Song Credits===
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-* "[[A Cookie Is a Sometime Food]]" (with [[Mike Renzi|Michael Renzi]])
+Image:SometimesFood.jpg|"[[A Cookie Is a Sometime Food]]"
-* "[[Addition]]" (parody of "Tradition")
+File:3513.jpg|"[[Adding]]"
-* "[[Antarctica!]]" (with [[Christopher Cerf]])
+File:Song.Air.GuySmiley.jpg|"[[Air (Cerf)|Air]]"
-* "[[Anybody Who Loves to March in a Parade March]]" (with Michael Renzi)
+File:Antarctica.jpg|"[[Antarctica!]]"
-* "[[Barn in the USA]]" (with Christopher Cerf)
+Image:AtYourLibrary1.jpg | "[[At Your Library]]"
-* "[[Brush Your Teeth]]" (with [[Sam Pottle]])
+File:BalladOfSlipperySlim.jpg|"[[The Ballad of Slippery Slim]]"
-* "[[City-Country Song]]" (with Sam Pottle)
+File:BarnInUSA.jpg|"[[Barn in the USA]]"
-* "[[Counting Is Wonderful]]" (with Sam Pottle and [[David Axlerod]])
+File:Beep.jpg|"[[Beep]]"
-* "[[Happy Birthday To Me]]" (with [[Jeff Moss]])
+File:3154v.jpg|"[[Cerrado/Abierto]]"
-* "[[High, Middle, Low]]" (with Jeff Moss)
+File:1091-11.jpg|"[[City-Country Song]]"
-* "[[I'm Cold]]" (with [[Joe Raposo]])
+File:Song.countingbackwardsinspanish.jpg|"[[Counting Backwards in Spanish]]"
-* "[[It's Mine]]" (with Michael Renzi)
+File:SS1976CountWonderfulSongCount.jpg|"[[Counting Is Wonderful]]"
-* "[[No Matter How You Count Them]]" (with Jeff Moss)
+File:Darton1to5.jpg|"[[Counting One to Five]]"
-* "[[Number of the Day Waltz]]" (with Tony Geiss)
+File:3438.ComingSoon.jpg|"[[Doin' the Grouch]]"
-* "[[One to Five]]"
+File:DWID.jpg|"[[Do What I Do]]"
-* "[[The Song of The Count]]" (with Jeff Moss)
+File:ElmoRapAlphabet.jpg|"[[Elmo's Rap Alphabet]]"
-* "[[Wavin' Goodbye to You With My Heart]]" (with [[Lee Pockriss]])
+File:FirefighterDad.jpg|"[[Firefighter Dad]]"
-* "[[Words That Start With U]]"
+File:Whenitsmybirthday.jpg|"[[Happy Birthday To Me]]"
+File:1396d.jpg|"[[High, Middle, Low]]"
+File:CountRuler.jpg|"[[How Deep is Your Bathtub]]"
+File:I'mCold.jpg|"[[I'm Cold]]"
+File:1800-23.jpg|"[[I'm Under the Weather Over You]]"
+File:Eb-circle.jpg|"[[It's a Circle]]"
+Image:1845b.jpg | "[[The Letter B]]"
+File:3165j.jpg|"[[Lost Bug Blues]]"
+File:1983.JPG|"[[Noise]]"
+File:Song.NoMatterHowYouCountThem.jpg|"[[No Matter How You Count Them]]"
+File:Countessnumber.jpg|"[[The Number of the Day|Number of the Day Waltz]]"
+File:Songofthecount.jpg|"[[The Song of The Count]]"
+File:4116y.jpg|"[[Sound of the Letter L]]"
+File:Pollydarton.jpg|"[[Wavin' Goodbye to You With My Heart]]"
+File:FeelingsLP.jpg|"[[When I Was Little]]"
+</gallery>
+==Note==
+*On some early records, she is credited as Emily Kaplin.
 ==Sources==
 <references />
-==External Links==
+==External links==
-*[http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh/kirstimd/kingsley.htm Journey of Hearts]
+* [http://www.journeyofhearts.org/kirstimd/holland.htm Journey of Hearts "Welcome to Holland"]
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030821072838/www.vault.com/nr/printable.jsp?ch_id=253&article_id=18956&print=1 Vault.com article]
-* [http://www.our-kids.org/Archives/Holland.html "Welcome to Holland"]
-* [http://www.vault.com/nr/main_article_detail.jsp?article_id=18956&cat_id=0&ht_type=2 Vault.com article]
 * [http://www.creativeparents.com/EPKinterview.html Creative Parents interview]
-[[Category:Writers|Kingsley, Emily Perl]]
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-[[Category:Composers|Kingsley, Emily Perl]]
+[[Category:Writers]]
+[[Category:Composers]]
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+[[category:Authors]]

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