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Amy Jandrisevits knows the value of a good doll. “Dolls have a power we don’t completely understand,” she told The Today Show. It’s what she learned while working as a social worker in a hospital. She used dolls to help her young patients to adapt (适应) to their changing medical situations. Many of the kids saw themselves in those dolls. But for the kids missing an arm or a leg, there were none they could relate to.
So, seven years ago, when a friend’s son lost one of his arms because of an accident, Jandrisevits knew what might help the little boy to go through this challenging period. “It’s hard to tell a kid, ‘You are perfect the way you are,’ and to build confidence that way, but never offer them anything that looks like them,” she says. Jandrisevits went about changing that. She made a doll by hand that looked like her friend’s child and sent it off. After the friend posted a photo online of the happy child and his doll, another woman asked Jandrisevits to make a doll that looked like her baby, who was missing a leg.
Word spread, and soon Jandrisevits was making dolls for children with facial scars (疤) and birthmarks—in short, a doll that looked like themselves. She quitted her job and started an organization called A Doll Like Me which offers dolls to those children for free.
Working out of her home in Milwaukee, from photos sent by parents or caregivers, Jandrisevits spends about seven hours making each doll. A Go Fund Me page helps her with costs and allows her to donate her services.
In all, she’s made more than 400 dolls so far. The waiting list is long, but Jandrisevits is not planning to give up. As she explains, “Every kid, no matter which country, age, medical problem, or body type, should look into the sweet face of a doll and see their own.”
【小题1】What happened seven years ago?| A．Jandrisevits became a social worker in a hospital. |
| B．Jandrisevits lost one of her arms in an accident. |
| C．Jandrisevits planned to start her own business. |
| D．Jandrisevits made a doll for her friend’s son. |
| A．teach parents how to make dolls at home |
| B．offer dolls to children with medical problems |
| C．provide social workers for children’s hospitals |
| D．send caregivers to families with disabled children |
| A．Looking after dolls helps children to be more caring. |
| B．Selling dolls is a good way to improve children’s social skills. |
| C．Seeing themselves in dolls can help children build confidence. |
| D．Making dolls provides more job opportunities for social workers. |
