The representation of diversity in children's television is changing. Characters with different abilities take part in games, adventures and everyday stories without their differences always defining their roles. Clody explores how programmes such as Bluey, Pablo and Sesame Street help children see themselves on screen and develop a better understanding of human diversity from an early age.

Joan Ganz Cooney understood that television could be far more than entertainment: it could bring learning to children with limited access to preschool education. By bringing educators, researchers and artists together through Sesame Street, she turned creativity, research and collaboration into tools for inclusion. Her legacy reminds us that creating can also mean opening opportunities where they were missing.

Tove Jansson created, through the Moomins, a universe where very different characters could live together without surrendering their individuality. Born during the war years, her stories combine shelter, freedom, friendship and uncertainty. Her creative legacy invites families and educators to imagine spaces where belonging does not mean becoming alike, but finding room while remaining different.