Response to Doopa:
I think you're right about different races buying their children dolls that look like them, but I don't think that logic really works with down syndrome children. When I showed someone that link, they said they thought it was a joke because the dolls didn't look like they had down syndrome, and really the differences between the down syndrome dolls and regular dolls aren't that great.
And you're assuming people with down syndrome recognize those differences. Almost all people with down syndrome know they're different, but that's almost always because of the way other people treat them. I don't really know for sure, but I can't imagine people with down syndrome realize they're different from everyone else because they have horizontal creases along their palms and the gap between their big toe and 2nd biggest toe is bigger than most people's. Hell, some of the differences are almond-shaped eyes, small mouth, shortened toes and fingers, and flattened bridge across the nose. I know people who don't have down syndrome who have facial features like those.
So, basically my point is that I don't see the point in spending nearly $200 to buy a doll with down syndrome when you could just buy a teddy bear. Hell, most baby dolls look grotesque and nothing like people with or without down syndrome.
I dunno, that's just my opinion. Although I find it hard to knock anything
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