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The group helped develop a story accurate to the identity, movements, and devices used by actual children with disabilities. To ensure that all of these overlapping experiences were represented with care, Ameera was designed with help from a team of external inclusion and disability experts, including occupational therapists, disability technical experts, inclusive early education specialists, and people with disabilities themselves, based in both the Middle East and in the U.S. According to UNICEF estimates, more than 33 million children have been displaced around the world - as of 2020, more than 11 million of those children are refugees, and that number is certainly growing with new international conflicts.Īmanda Gorman kicks off new 'Word of the Day' series with 'Sesame Street' muppets While not a refugee herself, Ameera will help tell the stories of displaced children and her fellow muppet friends, like Noor and Aziz from Bangladesh. Ameera is cheerful, passionate, and a potential older role model for younger muppets and children watching, all while providing a lesson about inclusion and kindness to everyone. She sometimes struggles to include her friends in playtime, but loves to teach younger kids new things and share her passion for science with them.
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Much like her Sesame predecessors, Ameera has a diverse set of interests - she loves science and basketball, knows how to make everyone around her laugh, and happens to be the user of a bright purple wheelchair and trusty pair of forearm crutches. She will be debuted on Sesame Street's Middle Eastern and North African local show, Ahlan Simsim (“Welcome Sesame”). Sesame Street officially has a new friend on the block, and she's got a big role to take on: representing the 240 million children with disabilities around the world and bringing visibility to globally displaced children.Īmeera, 8, is a neon-green, pony-tailed muppet monster designed as part of Sesame Workshop's initiative to provide early childhood education to children affected by global crises around the world.