The doll manufacturer, so popular among the girls of all ages, put himself in the task of manufacturing a team similar to that used by boys to take care of their diabetes.
The kit includes a sugar meter, reactive strips, lancet, an insulin pump, a medical information bracelet, toy glucose tablets, a daily book, identification card, stickers and even an insulin pencil (insulin pen) obviouslythan fantasy.
The accessories set comes with a mini Attaché to save everything neatly and can be obtained in stores and online for $ 24.
As published by The New York Times, it was Anja Busse - a 13 -year -old girl from Wisconsin - who gave the idea to this company, long known for creating accessories for dolls that promote diversity and inclusion.
Anja dedicated himself to gathering signatures through the Internet and got the support of 6,000 interested in having this accessory for his dolls of the Trulyme® line.
Anja was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 11 years old and received her first American girl doll last Christmas.
The American Girl initiative is not the first to use a toy to educate children about the care required by the management of type 1 diabetes.
The JDRF (Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation) for more than 10 years has made donations of an educational package about type 1 diabetes that contains informative material, illustrations book and a bear called Rufus, which has colored patches in the body partswhere children can apply insulin injections.
The American Girl doll is a more modernized version of the same idea because its kit brings a toy insulin bomb.
Girls with type 1 diabetes of this generation can already enjoy a doll that really resembles them and simulate the same situations they face with this autoimmune disease for which a cure has not yet been found.
Now is the turn of manufacturing a similar toy for men with the same disease.