American Girls’ Girl of the Year 2020 doll is Joss Kendrick.
The new doll has debuted on Tuesday and if the first-ever doll to be created with hearing loss.
As per the outlet, Kendrick is a surfer and competitive cheerleader from Southern California. She was born deaf in the left ear but is able to hear a bit with the hearing aid in her right ear. The doll comes with the hearing-aid as an accessory.
American Girl said that whether a girl is in the gym or on her surfboard, Joss shows them the importance of pushing past stereotypes, being a great team player, and trying new things.
The company had partnered with multiple hearing loss experts as well as those in competitive cheerleading and surfing to make the new doll.
$25,000 has been donated by the company to Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), which is a national nonprofit organization that depicts people with hearing loss.
The latest doll has been well received by the people on social media, with many of them lauding the company for making a doll that represents people with hearing loss.
A user wrote that 2020 is already incredible, as American Girl has made a deaf doll and that it would make the little girls happy as they would be able to finally say that this doll is just like them.
Another one wrote that the new doll could be her other daughter and that she is obsessed with the doll’s VW van.
In recent years, American Girl has been taking valuable steps towards manufacturing more inclusive dolls to depict many children who enjoy playing with them.
The company has created dolls with various ethnic backgrounds, skin colors, and several accessories like wheelchairs and diabetes kits.
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