Barbies with Type 1 diabetes, Down syndrome, and blindness have all hit shelves in recent years as the doll’s parent company, Mattel, strives to add more and more inclusive toys to their iconic Barbie lineup. And to start off 2026, Mattel just unveiled their first-ever autistic Barbie doll, designed in collaboration with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN).In a press release revealing the doll, Mattel said she was developed over an 18-month period “with guidance from the autistic community to represent common ways autistic people may experience, process, and communicate about the world a...

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