Last week, I saw another meme in my Facebook feed castigating parents for forcing their autistic kids to make eye contact and to sit with “quiet hands” rather than flapping. It’s a common theme in ...
Mattel introduces, 67 years after the original article, Autistic Barbie. “The autistic Barbie doll features elbow and wrist articulation, enabling stimming, hand flapping, and other hand gestures that ...
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The Problem With Autistic Barbie

The new doll reinforces the very stereotypes about neurodivergence it claims to challenge ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 12 (UPI) --Toy maker Mattel unveiled the first-ever autistic Barbie, a new version of the popular doll developed in ...
Mattel is releasing its first autistic Barbie doll. Created in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, or ASAN, the toy launched Monday is meant to represent children with autism spectrum ...
Last week, I saw another meme in my Facebook feed castigating parents for forcing their autistic kids to make eye contact and to sit with “quiet hands” rather than flapping. It’s a common theme in ...