A Probable Outline of Autumn Blevins’s Life and Career

T. King
2 min readFeb 17, 2021

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Brooklyn, NY.

This is an estimated overview of the early life of Autumn Blevins. Despite access to technology and resources, some aspects of her life are unknown. Notes in italics.

September 2, 2004: Born in NYU Langone Hospital. Parents are Caroline and Richard Blevins. Despite being born in the summer, she was named “Autumn.”

June 17, 2011: First professional commercial airs. A “Crest” toothpaste commercial for children.

February 3, 2012: “Frosted Flakes” commercial airs for the first time.

August 17, 2013: Autumn is officially cast in “Zombie Graveyard.”

September 26, 2014: “Zombie Graveyard” is released to theaters.

November 12, 2014: Younger brother, Toby Blevins, dies.

March 5, 2015: A local commercial is filmed for Frank’s Diner, a local eatery in Brooklyn.

September 25, 2015: A classmate reveals that Autumn has learning disabilities. The igniting incident is still very much in dispute. Supposedly, Autumn mocked this classmate for failing a test. Later on, this very same classmate, somehow, figured out that Autumn received accomodations on tests.

October 21, 2015: This classmate, later confirmed to be Jessica Sale, reads Autumn’s IEP in the school’s auditorium. It is unclear on what happened next. Witnesses describe Autumn and her friends confronting Jessica but various accounts exist. In some versions, words are exchanged. Others attest that Autumn and her friends did not speak. Regardless, Jessica was suspended for two weeks.

November 15, 2015: Autumn films a PSA speaking out against bullying those with learning and developmental disabilities.

November 16, 2015: Autumn is cast in the children’s television show, “Spirit Scribe.”

June 28, 2016: Autumn begins new documentary, interview style series on Instagram, and Youtube, called “Special Friends.” Series focuses on interviews with children that have learning and developmental disabilities. Her colleague in this endeavor is classmate, and friend, Meylin Arreola.

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T. King
T. King

Written by T. King

Master’s in History at Monmouth University.

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