Mom Creates Inclusive Dolls So That Children With Medical Conditions Wouldn't Feel Left Out
After she couldn't find any dolls with hearing aids for her deaf daughter, British woman Clare Tawell started creating ones herself.
After spending a hefty amount of time looking for a doll with hearing aids for her deaf daughter, British woman Clare Tawell realized there simply aren't any inclusive toys on the market. This inspired her to create Bright Ears UK - a nonprofit organization where she creates inclusive dolls for kids with various medical conditions.
In an interview with Today, Clare said she became very disheartened when she couldn't find the doll for her daughter and felt that society didn't deem her important. Nowadays the woman creates the dolls herself on her free time and hopes that they will empower children as well as make them feel included.
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Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Clare started Bright Ears UK back in 2017 and has so far sold over 2,000 of her dolls. The woman hopes that in the future, children will be able to find these inclusive dolls in stores next to regular ones so they wouldn't feel like they're different.
See some of Clare's inclusive dolls in the gallery below!
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
British mother Clare Tawell creates unique inclusive dolls for children with various medical conditions
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Clare started Bright Ears UK back in 2017 and has so far sold over 2,000 of her dolls. The woman hopes that in the future, children will be able to find these inclusive dolls in stores next to regular ones so they wouldn't feel like they're different.
See some of Clare's inclusive dolls in the gallery below!
Partial cleft, purple hearing aids & mic-key feeding tube
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Left incomplete cleft lip
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Incomplete Cleft & Blue hearing aids
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Right incomplete cleft lip
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Custom cleft
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Cleft lip repair, macrostomia cleft & blue hearing aids
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Cleft lip doll
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Left incomplete cleft lip
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Macrostomia cleft
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Haemanhioma (Strawberry Mark) Custom made
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Insulin Pump & CGM Sensor
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Stoma & Mic-Key Feeding Tube
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Oxygen Nasal Cannula
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Insulin Pump & CGM Sensor
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Central Venous Line
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
PEG feeding tube dolls
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Tracheostomy
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Heart scar doll
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Princess hearing aid doll
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Woody & Jessie Hearing Aids & Cochlear Implants
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Dolls with hearing aids
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Christmas Elves with various medical conditions
Image credits: Bright Ears UK
Image credits: Bright Ears UKDE
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