Autism Blog Post: Power Rangers Style!

Hey guys, I am actually going to mix Power Rangers into my Autism Blog post.

Power Rangers was my favorite show for a number of years when I was younger. Many years later, I started watching it again and it is currently once again my favorite show. It's also Nicky's favorite show too.

I love all the different seasons of Power Rangers, but for this post, let's take a look back at the very first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Jason was always my favorite character. However, over the past couple of weeks, I am now leaning towards Billy as my favorite Power Rangers Character of all time.

Although Bill is not Autistic, he does display many symptoms of Autism. He is the "intelligent" one of the group and knows how to handle machinery and repair zords, the command center, communicators, alpha, etc. He has a monotone/robotic voice similar to that of an individual with Autism.

He has a complex vocabulary as well as being shy. Billy also displayed the negative symptoms of an individual with Autism. During Season 1, he was the only one who couldn't fight off the putties. He would have a hard time fighting them off unmorphed and would often lose while the other Power Rangers were able to handle them no problem. Of course, midway through Season 2 Billy all of sudden learned some sick Martial Arts and Fighting Moves out of no where for some strange reason but that's another story.

Billy is no doubt the most underrated Power Ranger in History. Out of all the original five Power Rangers (Tommy who came in a little later in the 1st season had a longer run on the show but he would leave the show for many episodes then return while Billy was always consistently there)Billy lasted on the show the longest. He was on the show just three episodes short of four full seasons.

His high intelligence got the Power Rangers out of many dangerous situations. Tommy may have always gotten the credit but Billy played a big role in helping the Power Rangers always "saving the day."

Billy was the Blue Ranger. Blue is the color for Autism. You know, the fans and the media complained that Zack, and African American, was made to be the Black Ranger while Trini, an Asian American, was made to be the Yellow Ranger. People may not realize it but it's a strange coincidence that they made a character like Billy the Blue Ranger because of the Autism symptoms he displays.

Billy is now my favorite Power Ranger of all time while Blue is my favorite color of all time. Forever Blue....