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
Ironically, Mattel said it will achieve some of the cost savings it expects from the merger by using Fisher-Price's two U.S. plants, at Murray, Ky., and Medina, N.Y., to manufacture more of the Mattel line of toys, primarily larger items currently made for Mattel by other manufacturers.