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 imagine a home business idea that would create and sell 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.”
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 on Connie Feda and Dolls for Downs below.
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 an awesome home business idea through a simple and sad
observation from her young daughter, Hannah. I suspect it will be a
profitable passion, indeed.
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