"Hi! I am Willy, the squirrel. "
Cartoon
- Year of Production
- 2024
- Content Type
- Mobile Online (Cut/Page View)
- Target Age
- All
- Quantity
- 42
Summary
The basic sequence of episodes is
1. Introduction of the main squirrel
2. Various kinds of incidents at school that the squirrel experiences due to its neurodiversity.
3. Understanding the characteristics of neurodiversity and explaining how to make an inclusive circumsatances
4. Description of the main squirrel’s neurodivergent aspects
5. Introduction and description of the characteristics of the main character squirrel’s actual squirrel species
6. Introduction of famous people with the mentioned neurodiversity
7. A letter from the Squirrel (an activity sheet that can be downloaded via QR code)
8. The preview of the next episode
The neurodiversity is compared with the rainbow spectrum of brain development. It is correlated to the actual characteristics of a squirrel, <The Squirrels> releases through 10 episodes that people with neurodiversity are the same people as neurotypical people. The episodes are in Korean, English, and French, and was produced in a simple and intuitive format to facilitate easy understanding by people of all ages and genders around the world.
Woodchuck squirrel Willy the largest ground squirrel, has a non-speaking autism spectrum disorder and communicates through a sketchbook. Squirrel School's friends wait for Willy so that he can join them and not be excluded, but Willy is not a squirrel that communicates with his tail, so he often cannot understand what his friends say with his tail, which leads to misunderstandings. On the other hand, Willy, who is excellent at visual information, has the ability to intuit even small changes. When Willy senses danger, even though he usually does not speak, he does his best to make a loud noise and save his friends and teacher from danger.
1. Introduction of the main squirrel
2. Various kinds of incidents at school that the squirrel experiences due to its neurodiversity.
3. Understanding the characteristics of neurodiversity and explaining how to make an inclusive circumsatances
4. Description of the main squirrel’s neurodivergent aspects
5. Introduction and description of the characteristics of the main character squirrel’s actual squirrel species
6. Introduction of famous people with the mentioned neurodiversity
7. A letter from the Squirrel (an activity sheet that can be downloaded via QR code)
8. The preview of the next episode
The neurodiversity is compared with the rainbow spectrum of brain development. It is correlated to the actual characteristics of a squirrel, <The Squirrels> releases through 10 episodes that people with neurodiversity are the same people as neurotypical people. The episodes are in Korean, English, and French, and was produced in a simple and intuitive format to facilitate easy understanding by people of all ages and genders around the world.
Woodchuck squirrel Willy the largest ground squirrel, has a non-speaking autism spectrum disorder and communicates through a sketchbook. Squirrel School's friends wait for Willy so that he can join them and not be excluded, but Willy is not a squirrel that communicates with his tail, so he often cannot understand what his friends say with his tail, which leads to misunderstandings. On the other hand, Willy, who is excellent at visual information, has the ability to intuit even small changes. When Willy senses danger, even though he usually does not speak, he does his best to make a loud noise and save his friends and teacher from danger.
Company Profile
Character Cartoon
Colorful Brain Friend
○ Colorful Brain Friend helps improving incorrect stereotypes and misperceptions about neurodiversity such as autism, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, ADHD, epilepsy, tics, and tourettesyndrome etc.
○ ColorfulBrainFriend helpschildren with neurodiversity a positive neurodivergentidentityfor themselves.
○ <The Squirrels> is a webtoon-based contents aimed at raising awareness of ‘neurodiversity’, which is the hot issue of the world.
○ There are 278 species of the squirrels distributed around the whole world. Among them, 10 squirrels appear as the main characters in each episode, and it is a work that correlates the unique characteristics of squirrels with the characteristics of neurodiversity.
○ The perspective of ‘neurodiversity’, which seeks to respect disability as human diversity rather than limiting it to disease, is shown through the natural life of a squirrel school.
○<The Squirrels> will help children with neurodiversity establish a positive identity.
○ By eliminating stereotypes and prejudices and expanding the range of understanding among those around people with disabilities, it will ultimately help create an inclusive society where people with disabilities can live together.
○ By explaining ‘difference’ as ‘diversity’ within the same species, it also conveys the message of inclusiveness that we are all ‘the same’ people.
○ Colorful Brain Friend has a solid synopsis of the worldview of <The Squirrels> to improve awareness of neurodiversity.
○ ColorfulBrainFriend helpschildren with neurodiversity a positive neurodivergentidentityfor themselves.
○ <The Squirrels> is a webtoon-based contents aimed at raising awareness of ‘neurodiversity’, which is the hot issue of the world.
○ There are 278 species of the squirrels distributed around the whole world. Among them, 10 squirrels appear as the main characters in each episode, and it is a work that correlates the unique characteristics of squirrels with the characteristics of neurodiversity.
○ The perspective of ‘neurodiversity’, which seeks to respect disability as human diversity rather than limiting it to disease, is shown through the natural life of a squirrel school.
○<The Squirrels> will help children with neurodiversity establish a positive identity.
○ By eliminating stereotypes and prejudices and expanding the range of understanding among those around people with disabilities, it will ultimately help create an inclusive society where people with disabilities can live together.
○ By explaining ‘difference’ as ‘diversity’ within the same species, it also conveys the message of inclusiveness that we are all ‘the same’ people.
○ Colorful Brain Friend has a solid synopsis of the worldview of <The Squirrels> to improve awareness of neurodiversity.
