A thoughtful teacher has created hearing aids for baby doll toys out of glitter glue, so that the deaf children in her class would feel acknowledged.
Genesis Politron, from California, USA, teaches children in a school who are deaf or hard of hearing and she felt it was important they felt represented as there are currently no toys in her classroom that she felt were like them.
So she took matters into her own hands, by using glitter glue to create hearing aids and cochlear implants on the ears of the dolls the children play with and posted snaps of them on Twitter.
She said in her heartwarming tweet: "I teach preschool and kindergarten for Deaf/Hard of Hearing kids, and my students never see toys that resemble their hearing devices (Hearing Aids/Cochlear Implants), so I added some to our new baby dolls on my own. I wish everyone could see their faces playing with these."
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She later added beneath her tweet in a comment "#DeafAwarenessWeek".
Her sweet gesture to make her students feel accepted has caused a stir on Twitter, with everyone rushing to compliment Genesis for going the extra mile.
One user Joanna said: "This is the sweetest thing ever!!!! My friend has two deaf daughters and she got them custom American Girl dolls with hearing aids... to see their faces light up was priceless! Nice job teach!!! You're a hero!"
Another, Kanza, said: "As a former Deaf Education major, this is so beautiful. I love seeing this, and really hope there's the balance where even if the implant is given to the child they're still able to learn ASL and have a connection with the Deaf community if they choose to."
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A third, Victoria posted: "Omg this is so lovely. Thank you for doing this. We need more teachers like you."
A fourth commented: "Wow this is so cool, I used to be so embarrassed of my hearing aids and dolls like these would've really helped!"
And it's no surprise people were complimenting her so heavily, it has left our hearts so full and raised important awareness for the deaf and hard of hearing community. Her post received 157.5k likes and 30.4k retweets, so it has been seen and acknowledge by thousands of people.
One Twitter goer 'Abandoned Bear' replied with another heartwarming Tweet from a dad, Jake, who wanted his little girl with a hearing aid to be accepted, so he tattooed an image of one to the side of his head.
It read: "That reminds me of the Dad who had the Cochlear tattooed on his head so his little girl wouldn't feel different "
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It is too much.
When we spoke to Genesis, she said: "Being an educator, it's my job to be as inclusive as possible, but really, I believe it should just be part of being a human being.
"No child should ever feel as if they aren't 'normal' or as if they don't belong. I wanted to allow my students to see themselves in toys for once, to feel accepted, and overall be able to have fun playing with toys that look just like them.
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"As an educator for the Deaf, I want my students to be proud of such a special part of their identity.
"Children's minds are extremely malleable and I believe it's our jobs as adults to mould them into empowered, confident, and most importantly happy little people as best as we can."
Thank goodness for people like Genesis, letting everybody know it's OK to be 'different'.
Featured Image Credit: Genesis Politron/TwitterTopics: Life News, Life, Real Life
