AT FIRST glance Lorna Miller’s silicone babies look real. They have sculpted arms and legs, hair that appears to grow out of the scalp, realistic skin tones and facial expressions. These life-like ...

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YAKIMA, Wash. — Since you’ve come for the dolls, it’s just what you’d expect. “And it seems like everywhere you look, there’s dolls and doll heads and doll parts and more parts,” Star Allen says, her ...

Genesis Politron is a preschool and kindergarten teacher in Watsonville, California, who works with deaf and hard of hearing students. While shopping for toys for her class, Politron realized there ...