Mom Starts Making Inclusive Dolls After She Couldn’t Find Any With Hearing Aids For Her Deaf Daughter

Children like playing with dolls, dressing them up, and organizing a little tea party. But unfortunately, there are not many dolls for differently-abled children. Since all the dolls that are available have a normal face, differently-abled children cannot relate them with those toys.

That’s why a 39-year-old British woman named, Clare Tawell, who is also the mother of two kids has done something different. She has started a non-profitable organization, named, Bright Ears UK. In this organization, she modifies dolls and makes them perfect for differently-abled children.

She has modified a lot of dolls and it seems like children are actually liking her idea. Clare said that she got the inspiration after she became the mother of Matilda who is deaf. “I became really disheartened when I couldn’t find a doll or any toy with hearing aids. It felt to me that society didn’t deem her important and therefore she shouldn’t be ‘acknowledged’”. She wants to create unique toys for every child with disabilities so that these children won’t feel that they are different from others.

Scroll down to see some of her work.

Clare Tawell founded Bright Ears UK and now modifies dolls to make them look like children with various medical conditions

From 2017, Clare has sold nearly 2k dolls. Her toy altering mission is showing a good result as disabled children are liking these toys a lot. By doing this, all she wants is that people can easily find a doll in any store with hearing aids or cleft lips.