Easton Rocket Sweda, General Hospital’s Leo Falconeri, took to Twitter this week to thank the show for their realistic portrayal of autism and how it can affect families.
Sweda’s official Twitter, posted “Easton Rocket wants to tell you something… #gh #General Hospital #autism #AutismAwareness #asd #bestlife #Leo #autismiscool Thank you @GeneralHospital, @lisalocicerogh and @wallykurth for depicting an amazing, true to life portrayal of how autism affects families.”
The tweet was accompanied by a video of Easton Rocket, “Hi! I’m Easton Rocket Sweda and I’m Leo from General Hospital, the famous soap opera. Yesterday he got diagnosed by autism but you know what’s cool? I have autism too! I was diagnosed when I was very young. I couldn’t speak until I was 4 and now look at me, I have a cool life and kids with autism are cool!” He ended the video wishing fans a happy new year and blowing them a kiss.
Thank you Easton Rocket Sweda for sharing your story with us both on and off the screen!
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