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
Esther Price started the company in 1926 after her department store co-workers for whom she often made chocolates encouraged her to start her own business. About 18 others had tried to buy the company from Price before she sold to Day and his partners on Sept. 29, 1976.