PBS Kids Character with ABS

We were out having dinner a week or so ago and Kyla had started to get fussy so my Husband took her over to the fish tank that was in the restaurant to check out the fish for a bit. There were two little girls also looking at the fish and they turned around and saw Kyla's arm and asked what had happened and the little girl who was 3 says "she looks like SpongeBob's friend." My Husband was just like "oh really?," not having any idea who the girl was talking about and just made conversation with the girl and explained to them what had happened. Of course they were curious about it for like 2 minutes and then all focus was on the fish. :)

After the little girl said this, I was curious who she was talking about and had remembered reading something about a cartoon character who had ABS...I couldn't remember where I had seen this, but I finally found one that does - his name is Andy and he is on Maya & Miguel which is on PBS Kids. Andy has an arm that looks exactly like Kyla's, but it is his right arm rather than left.

It's pretty cute, a lot of kids have gone to the website and asked "Andy" about his arm and how he plays sports without his other hand, how he handles people looking differently at him, etc. I've never seen this show, but definately it will be something we'll eventually show to Kyla. Awesome awareness for ABS!

Links:

http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/english/friends/andy/flash.html
http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/english/friends/andy/faq/index.html

Info taken from Wikipedia about the Character:

Andy Arlington: A 10-year-old English-American boy who was born with only one arm and is Miguel's friend. Often seen in the background with Miguel and Theo, he likes to play soccer, basketball, and baseball. Andy comes from a wealthy family. He does not consider himself to be better than anyone else, though. He has a crush on a Mexican girl named Esperanza, but was nervous about speaking with her as he cannot speak Spanish well and she is not fluent in English. Besides meeting and being nervous about meeting Esperanza, it is not known whether or not they are still together. Voiced by Jeannie Elias.