Barbie, autistic
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Alongside the announcement, Mattel partnered with various women and girls on the autism spectrum to help introduce the doll and open up about life with autism, including Precious Hill, a 32-year-old mother from Las Vegas who discovered she was autistic during her 5-year-old daughter Mikko’s diagnostic journey.
The doll features a gaze that is shifted slightly to the side, to “[reflect] how some members of the autistic community may avoid direct eye contact.”
Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) unveiled today its first-ever autistic Barbie doll created with guidance from the autistic community to represent common ways