While browsing a toy catalog Hannah Feda, 9 years old at the
time, told her mother that none of the dolls pictured looked like her. Hannah,
now 13, has her wish thanks to her mother.
In an article for the Huffington Post by Jessica Samakow and
an accompanying video entitled Dolls For Downs: Mom Connie Feda Creates Dolls Inspired By Her Daughter, Connie Feda explains how Hannah’s observation inspired her to create a doll that looked like her beautiful daughter.
Hannah has Downs Syndrome.Connie’s mission and passion is to "represent children with disabilities in an honest, favorable light and give kids with disabilities a friend for life." The article notes “With the help of sculptor Karen Scott, occupational therapists and other parents of children with Down syndrome, Feda was able to create dolls that physically reflect what her daughter and other kids see in the mirror.”
Watch the video below.
Hannah has Downs Syndrome.Connie’s mission and passion is to "represent children with disabilities in an honest, favorable light and give kids with disabilities a friend for life." The article notes “With the help of sculptor Karen Scott, occupational therapists and other parents of children with Down syndrome, Feda was able to create dolls that physically reflect what her daughter and other kids see in the mirror.”
Watch the video below.
Connie’s mission and passion is to "represent children
with disabilities in an honest, favorable light and give kids with disabilities
a friend for life." The article
notes “With the help of sculptor Karen Scott, occupational therapists and other
parents of children with Down syndrome, Feda was able to create dolls that
physically reflect what her daughter and other kids see in the mirror.”
Connie told WPIX TV, “My favorite thing is the hand. Look at
them, they’re so cute and pudgy.”
Connie has designed the Dolls for Downs to be far more than to
simply be a “friend” for life. As Feda explains in Dolls
For Downs: Mom Connie Feda Creates Dolls Inspired By Her Daughter, the dolls will teach “eye-hand coordination,
fine motor skills, and tactile input. "Our clothing is easier to get on
[and] has friendlier sized snaps and buttons. ... Kids play naturally, so it's
the perfect [toy] to practice essential skills like buttons, snaps, ties and
zippers, hair brushing and story-telling,”
Connie concludes “I want Hannah to see a doll with Down
syndrome and see something beautiful, because that's what I see when I look at
her.”
The first five dolls named, Ellie, Nikki, Hannah, Grace and
Aziza can be pre-ordered at Dolls for
Downs. Connie Feda hopes to launch the project on May 1, 2013.
Connie Feda has found passion and purpose through
a simple and sad observation from her young daughter, Hannah. I suspect it will
be a profitable passion, indeed.
For more information on passion, purpose and how
to find your profitable passion, see Don’t
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