This Woman Creates Custom Dolls For Kids With Disabilities And People Love Them https://ift.tt/3dHIomI

Amy Jandrisevits is a Wisconsin woman who started a non-profit called A Doll Like Me where she makes unique custom dolls for kids with disabilities. The woman is an avid doll collector and used to be a pediatric oncology social worker before having kids and says that doll-making combines her love of dolls and passion for social work. Her non-profit already has over 43K likes on Facebook and 34,8K more on Instagram and both kids and adults love her custom dolls.

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Amy Jandrisevits started a non-profit where she makes custom dolls for kids with disabilities

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Each of the dolls is unique and is made to look like the child receiving it

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In an interview with Today, the woman said she made her first doll around 5 years ago after a friend’s transgender child was transitioning. After the friend posted pictures of the doll online, people started asking Amy if she could make dolls for their kids too.

“It is a really hard sell to tell a kid, ‘You are perfect the way you are,’ and to build self-esteem that way but never offer them anything that looks like them,” said the woman. “We are going to change the story.”

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Amy puts all her love and attention to each of the dolls she creates and the current waiting list for one of her dolls is two years. “I am invited to such an intimate part of families’ lives,” said Amy in an interview with People, “I love that connection.”