It can be difficult to find dolls with Down syndrome, so in the post I’ll point you to some places to purchase them, as well as some information on why Down syndrome dolls are important.
This post, and yesterday’s on dolls with disabilities, were inspired by Merlene Davis’s column There’s more to diversity than color, in [...]
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Dolls with Down Syndrome
Accessories for dolls with disabilities–and some dolls with disabilities
Check out these accessories for dolls with disabilities. I especially like the tiny hearing aids and the guide dog. They’re available from Lakeshore Learning:
Lakeshore also offers this set of six differently abled figures, each about 5.5 inches tall, for $19.95:
Also from Lakeshore: Multicultural dolls dressed for school.
