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Autism Soccer, a Miami-based nonprofit organization that teaches soccer skills to children with autism, is taking part in the animated series\u00a0Adrian & Friends<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The 52×11-minute comedy-adventure series carries the tagline \u201cWe are all different yet the same.\u201d It tells the story of Adrian, a boy with autism, who\u2014alongside his friends and dog, Toby\u2014discovers the wonders of the world through soccer. The aim of the series is to promote inclusion, respect, education, understanding and fraternity.<\/p>\n

Adrian & Friends<\/em> is a Comet Entertainment and Mana T Studios joint production.<\/p>\n

The official presentation of the series\u2019 pilot will take place on April 6 during the first annual Autism Soccer Walk in Hialeah, Florida. The event is presented in partnership with the U.S. Embassy of Qatar, the country that will host the World Cup in 2022, and will be attended by former Colombian soccer star Carlos \u201cEl Pibe\u201d Valderrama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Autism Soccer, a Miami-based nonprofit organization that teaches soccer skills to children with autism, is taking part in the animated series\u00a0Adrian & Friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":15931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4332,4333,4334,4335],"class_list":["post-15930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-adrian-friends","tag-autism-soccer","tag-comet-entertainment-inc","tag-mana-t-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Kids' Series Deals with Themes of Autism & Soccer - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/autism-soccer-co-produces-kids-animated-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Kids' Series Deals with Themes of Autism & Soccer - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Autism Soccer, a Miami-based nonprofit organization that teaches soccer skills to children with autism, is taking part in the animated series\u00a0Adrian & Friends.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/autism-soccer-co-produces-kids-animated-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-01T15:32:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-01T15:40:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Adrian-Friends-Autism-Soccer-0219.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/autism-soccer-co-produces-kids-animated-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/autism-soccer-co-produces-kids-animated-series\/\",\"name\":\"New Kids' Series Deals with Themes of Autism & Soccer - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-01T15:32:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-01T15:40:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/autism-soccer-co-produces-kids-animated-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/autism-soccer-co-produces-kids-animated-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/autism-soccer-co-produces-kids-animated-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Kids’ Series Deals with Themes of Autism & Soccer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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