The Georgia Senate last week passed a bill that would allow Georgians with autism or other developmental disorders and their family members to request to receive a special license plate.
Senate Bill 433 passed the chamber unanimously with the help of a little star power. Connor Tomlinson, one of the stars of Netflix’s “Love on the Spectrum,” made several appearances at the Capitol to testify that the bill would help Georgians like him.
“The sad truth is there is in fact a world of autistic people out there who are seriously misunderstood and oftentimes taken for offenders,” Tomlinson told reporters after the bill passed a Senate committee. “I merely seek to help rectify that to make the world a better place for people on the spectrum such as myself, and, well, I’m just glad I can help them out and be a part of it.”
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