Look... it's simple. Play is one of the best ways to deal with life's realities. In addition to play, these dolls offer lots of additional benefits like Imagination and Creativity, Storytelling and Language skills. Nurturing Skills. Self-esteem.

The special selection of developmental toys for differently enabled children you'll find on these pages, offer many additional benefits for your children. They help teach Cause and Effect and stimulate Tactile, Auditory and Visual skills. Sorting - Grasping - Color Matching, etc.

Some of these toys even combine skills, Like 'Dress-up Pup,' which teaches dressing skills yes, but also color differentiation, fine motor skills, and even has a little pocket for a reward!

When the only choices for a special child is a regular doll, that child is getting a subtle reminder that the world doesn't really value him or her as much. So for the same reasons we want ethnic dolls for our ethnic children, we want special needs toys for our special needs children and down syndrome dolls for our down syndrome children:

Self-esteem. Pride. Self-recognition. Nurturing Skills. A confidant, a friend to whisper secrets to, someone who understands, someone to encourage me, someone I can love.

A Doll who looks like me!

 
Down Syndrome Doll - Ethnic

The special needs dolls and downs syndrome toys on these pages fill a special purpose, and are for special needs children, downs children, their siblings and their friends.

While shopping on our site we remind you to please don't pre-judge -- look at these dolls through your child's eyes. They don't care about colors or shapes or 'accuracy.' What they see is simply a doll to love.

You know, we have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Parents occassionaly use it; children - never!

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	Quan.		Description	Price
1.			Skwish® Classic You don't have a Skwish­­? Why not? Our #1 development toy!	$15.00
2.			Down Syndrome Girl Doll The beauty of your daughter in her own Down Syndrome doll, a child she can nurture and love like all little girls. WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$27.50
3.			Down Syndrome Boy Doll The miracle soft-sculpt doll - a gift of love for your special DS child. WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$27.50
4.			Dress Up Pup Dressing Skills, Fine Motor Skills, Tactile exploration, Containerizing, Hand-eye co-ordination,	$24.95
5.			Down Syndrome Girl Doll - Ethnic Unique and special just like your daughter! First ever ethnic rag dolls especially for Down Syndrome children WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$27.50
6.			Down Syndrome Boy Doll - Ethnic All the soft sculpt features of our special Down Syndrome dolls in an 'Ethnic' version WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$27.50
7.			Mind-Shapes® It's all here! An endless source of stimulating play for all ages and ability levels!	$20.00
8.			Doll's Guide Dog Your child's best friend can now be part of imaginative and nurturing play. WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$19.95
9.			Children's Wheelchair Backpack Hangs off the back of your child's wheelchair, keeps everything close yet both hands free!	$42.50
10.			Wheelchair Sheepskins Increase comfort with our all natural, organically cured sheepskins. Recommended by Doctors to help reduce bedsores and other friction point wounds.	$79.95
11.			Doll's Wheelchair Doll's (and Teddybear's) Wheel Chair. For dolls as brave as your children. WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$37.50
12.			Royal Jungle™ Zebra Blocks What a silly Zebra - but they'll be having too much fun to realize that it's a learning toy!	$25.00
13.			Special Needs Doll White Boy Think of the adventures we'll have together! Special needs boy in sweatsuit. WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$19.95
14.			Special Needs Doll White Girl She'll share her secrets, sleep by her side and love her forever. Special needs doll ages WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$19.95
15.			Special Needs Doll Hispanic Boy I'll be your friend all day long and keep you company at bedtime too! Hispanic Special Needs boy doll WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$19.95
16.			Special Needs Doll Hispanic Girl I'll keep your secrets, and be your friend. Hispanic Girl special needs doll. WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$19.95
17.			Special Needs Doll Black Boy Play all day or perfect bedtime companions! Soft sculpt special needs dolls. WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$19.95
18.			Special Needs Doll Black Girl An adorable Black Girl doll to go with our special needs wheelchair or guide dog WARNING! Choking hazard: May contain small parts, not for children under 3 years.	$19.95

All prices in US Dollars

The Secret Powers of Dolls

Playtime meets the needs of the child to get out of himself or herself, to role play, to learn nurturing skills by giving instead of receiving; for caring for something outside of themselves. All the positive reasons children play with dolls are especially powerful when the doll can take on the role of the special needs child.

Children all over the world love dolls and stuffed toys. All ages and all abilities... it's one of the universal truths about children. And the closer the doll comes to meeting the self image of the child - the easier it is for your child to identify with her doll - the greater the benefits of play.

In the case of our beloved DS Children, all the milestones associated with doll play are still there, even if we reach them a little later.
 

Already have dolls?

Of course you don't have to buy our disability dolls, you can buy just our doll wheelchair and /or our doll guide dog and use your own dolls or toys for a special needs child.

Our toys for special needs children do have the advantage of being the right size for each other; our disability dolls are completely machine wash and dry. Our disability doll's wheelchair and disability guide dog doll will also fit many of our African American baby dolls, Asian baby dolls and Hispanic baby dolls throughout the rest of this site.

A special message....

One of our customers sent us this and asked that we share it with you. They found this particularly moving, but had no way to share it with others on a site. We agreed. The material is protected under copyright © 2001-2007 Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center. It is by Rabbi Aron Moss of Austalia.

Why Does G-d Create Severely Handicapped Babies?
By Aron Moss

Question:
A friend gave birth to a baby with a rare condition that has rendered her severely handicapped. She is not expected to live much past her tenth birthday. I just can't understand why G-d does that. If life has a purpose, what is the purpose of such a short and sad life?

Answer:
Every birth is a gamble. A soul enters the world innocent and pure. But it may not stay that way. This world is a maze of diverging pathways, both good and evil, and the choice is ours which way we go. Once a soul enters a body, it is free and therefore vulnerable to corruption. While acts of good elevate the soul, every act of evil makes a blemish on the soul.

Some souls are so lofty, it simply isn't worth the gamble. These souls are too precious to risk being compromised by life in a body. They are too high to come down to this world. But the other option, not to be sent down at all, to never reach this world, would mean that we would miss out on meeting these holy and lofty souls and hearing their message.

So these souls do come down. But in order to be protected from the potential evils of an earthly existence, they are sent down into a body that will not compromise their holiness. They enter this world in a form that is above sin, above evil. From a purely physical perspective we call them "disabled" or "handicapped"; from the perspective of the soul they are protected. They will never sin. Their sojourn in this world is often brief, and in terms of this world may seem sad. But they have retained their purity. And they have fulfilled their mission.

These special souls remind us that true love doesn't need a reason. We often love others for what they give us -- we love our children because they are cute, smart, and high achievers; we love our spouse for the pleasure and contentment they give us; we love our parents because they care for us. This is love, but it is not pure.

When a child is born that will never achieve worldly success, cannot provide the usual source of pride for her parents, all extraneous reasons to love her fall away and what's left is the purest love that there can be. These children are lovable not because of what they do for you, and not because of what they will one day become, but simply because they are.

These pure souls remind us what love should be. Only such a pure and holy soul can elicit such a pure and holy emotion. We can only stand in awe of them, and the parents and friends who care for them. And we can only thank them all, for giving us a glimpse of what true love really means.