This morning, “Good Morning America” anchor and cancer survivor Robin Roberts is guest staring in a special episode of Disney Junior’s “Doc McStuffins” for National Cancer Survivors Day on Disney Channel. Roberts plays the voice of “Audrey’s Mom” in an episode titled “Hannah the Brave.” In the heartwarming story, Audrey is a four-year-old chemotherapy patient whose doll Hannah has an issue that leads to her hair loss too. The episode includes an original song, “Brave Like You.”

Chris Nee, creator and executive producer of “Doc McStuffins,” said, “Since ‘Doc McStuffins’ premiered, we’ve been contacted by numerous families of children who have been dealing with very serious illnesses. With this episode, we set out to tell a story for those kids whose illnesses can’t be cured by just a kiss and a cuddle. It was important to me to let them know that we see them and they matter. Having Robin Roberts portray Audrey’s mom in the episode is so special because she has experienced what many of these kids are going through and she’s exactly who you would want cheerleading them through the tough times in their lives.”

All of us at Babes In Disneyland are huge fans of Doc McStuffins and the show’s important messaging about good health, accessing health care and opening up dialogues with children about anxieties and worries related to health care services and disease. Personally, given my more than decade’s worth of experience in health care communications in my “real life” outside the blog, I am very impressed by the show’s dedication to “getting it right.”