Susan knows the 1 of a good doll. "Dolls have a power we don't 2 understand," she said. It's a(n) 3 she came to while working as a social worker using dolls to help her young clients 4 their changing medical situations. Many of the kids saw themselves in those dolls. But for the kids 5 a leg or who had lost their hair, there were none they could relate to.
So, seven years ago, when a friend 6 that her child had been disabled because of a car accident, Susan, now, knew what might help the youth through this potentially 7 period. Susan went about changing that. She crafted a doll 8 which was similar to her friend's child and sent it off.
9 spread, and soon Susan was making dolls for children with scars and birthmarks—in short, a doll that looked like them. She even 10 her job and started a nonprofit, A Doll Like Me.
From photos 11 by parents or caregivers, it takes her 12 seven hours to craft each doll. She hasn't 13 for a doll since she began her nonprofit. The 14 is long, but Susan is unbowed (不屈服的). As she explains, "Every kid, 15 gender, ethnicity, age, medical issue, or body type, should look into the sweet face of a doll and see their own."
