This is what representation looks like 😍
Jandrisevits noticed that dolls, like a lot of things, aren’t diverse enough. Children with different skin tones and those with disabilities were only seeing dolls that are white and able-bodied.
After a friend noticed the creations and told Amy there really weren’t enough like these but there ought to be, Amy decided to take orders from people.Using skills learned from her seamstress mother, Amy made dolls for children with amputations, black girls and boys with dreads, those with facial marks and scars, albino children, those without hair, and more.
Amy explains how she first started off making dolls of different skin colours before moving onto those with disabilities, something she learned more about from her work as an oncology social worker and by contacting limb difference organisations.
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