Mattel unveils autistic Barbie in inclusive Fashionistas line
NEW YORK CITY, New York: Mattel Inc. introduced an autistic Barbie, expanding a fashion-doll line designed to reflect a broader range of disabilities, body types, and identities as the toymaker continues its push toward greater inclusion.
The new doll joins Mattel's Fashionistas collection, which already features Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind Barbie, dolls with vitiligo, hearing aids, and prosthetic limbs,