Mom Creates Inclusive Dolls So That Children With Medical Conditions Wouldn’t Feel Left Out

Published 4 years ago

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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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

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Left incomplete cleft lip

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Incomplete Cleft & Blue hearing aids

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Right incomplete cleft lip

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Custom cleft

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Cleft lip repair, macrostomia cleft & blue hearing aids

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Cleft lip doll

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Image credits: Bright Ears UK

Left incomplete cleft lip

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Macrostomia cleft

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Haemanhioma (Strawberry Mark) Custom made

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Insulin Pump & CGM Sensor

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Stoma & Mic-Key Feeding Tube

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Oxygen Nasal Cannula

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Image credits: Bright Ears UK

Insulin Pump & CGM Sensor

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Central Venous Line

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PEG feeding tube dolls

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Tracheostomy

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Heart scar doll

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Princess hearing aid doll

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Woody & Jessie Hearing Aids & Cochlear Implants

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Dolls with hearing aids

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Christmas Elves with various medical conditions

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Image credits: Bright Ears UK

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