He made his first stirrings Down Baby , the first doll in the world which has the characteristic facial features of a down. The object in question, produced by the English Toy Superjuguete , in collaboration with the Foundation Down English, according to the producer, "will serve to help their integration into society of people with this syndrome" . Attached to the doll is also a booklet "special education" in which it will say what needs a child down and all the activities you can take with him to stimulate the senses and improve its capabilities. Run-off to avoid controversy, the presentation of the doll at the side of the producer, there was Association Down Espana that made it clear that children have a down doll that resembles them, and will serve to teach the other kids respect for difference and that for all human beings. L ' reception among the English media and the public has been positive: all three thousand dolls in the first series have already been booked. Each of them cost the modest sum of € 25, three of which will be donated to Down English. So if math is not an opinion, the manufacturer will collect 75 thousand euro, only the first series, which will be 9 thousand Association Down that will use that money to "improve the quality of life of 32 thousand people in Spain who are carriers of this syndrome." But if all parents of children down (32000 in Spain alone) were to buy a doll to reassure their children on their diversity, many thousands of euro would be at the end, sounding, in the vaults of Superjuguete ? Personally, I consider this initiative very questionable, especially since this doll was made as the latest addition to the catalog pre-Christmas. This thing has a vaguely commercial and willingness of associations of persons with a disability this is even more disturbing. It gives me the idea of \u200b\u200ba gift "peculiar" that the bored children of middle-class English this year will receive a gift from Santa Claus: so parents can avoid thinking about what to give to their young babies to silence the conscience, aware of the work of charity that have accomplished, knowing that the 25 euro spent to buy the little bundle, 3 will be donated to Down English! But it would be more educational and beneficial for both parties, engage in volunteer activities in schools for disabled children by involving their children, or for their diversity and to see him live the love that a child down or disabled person can make, rather than give a plastic doll that mimics reality much more complex and diverse? The difficult decision to posterity!
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