For each ADL, people can vary from needing just a little help (such as a reminder or âstand-by assistâ) to full dependency, which requires others to do the task for them. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)
In 2009, Fisher-Price bought all toy rights to Thomas & Friends except for the Learning Curve Wooden products. Through Mattel's 2012 acquisition of HIT Entertainment, which subsequently became a division of Fisher-Price, Mattel now owns the property outright
In 1991 Fisher Price reintroduced a My Friends Classics line for a new generation of children, though these dolls seemed to resemble the soft lap sitters series more than the My Friends dolls. The facts about these dolls are rather vague making them difficult to document.