'Parents are desperate to find a doll that looks like their child.'
Emma Grassi, 4 months, with her look-alike doll. By Cathy Free March 12 at 8:00 AM During the three years that Amy Jandrisevits worked as a pediatric hospital social worker, she often used dolls to show children what would happen during their surgeries or treatment. The dolls also helped children act out their emotions and feel more secure.
The 45-year-old mother of three, who has always enjoyed sewing and now lives in New Berlin, Wis., had stitched together a batch of sports- and career-themed rag dolls just for fun. When a friend asked if she’d create a doll for her 10-year-old daughter, who identifies as a boy, Jandrisevits made her a doll with short green hair and a Ninja Turtle jumper, and the friend put a photo of it on her Facebook page.
They include parents such as Joy Cameron. A single mom from Columbia, S.C., Cameron has three special needs sons, including Keagan, 2, who was born with a rare skin condition called giant congenital nevus. The disorder gave Keagan so many dark birthmarks that family and friends affectionately call him “Chocolate Chip Cookie.”
"To be gifted with this doll was an incredible feeling," she said."Amy didn't just sit down and randomly put dots on the doll — she took the time to match Keagan's many spots." When Brian Grassi, 43, heard about A Doll Like Me online, he ordered one for Emma and was surprised to learn that it was already paid for. Jandrisevits told him that a donor had bought their doll through her GoFundMe account, in memory of a deceased loved one.
Jandrisevits said she is often able to surprise children with one of her custom-made dolls, thanks to friends, neighbors and Facebook followers who alert her to kids in need. Last summer, when she heard from a friend that a boy in her town had been hospitalized with severe seizures caused by the genetic disorder Angelman Syndrome, she immediately sat down at her sewing machine and spent the next six hours making him a doll.
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