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Autistic Barbie

TheCatWoman

They've just launched autistic Barbie, with pink noise cancelling headphones, tablet and clothes that don't irritate the skin and other features.

Do you find it good, bad or indifferent?

I'm not sure what to think, on the one hand anything that makes people feel included and to have toys that "look like them" is a good thing, but on the other it seems a cynical marketing ploy.

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  • TheCatWoman said:
    I'm not sure what to think, on the one hand anything that makes people feel included and to have toys that "look like them" is a good thing, but on the other it seems a cynical marketing ploy.

    I think it’s both things. 

    They could do with launching an extended family of Barbie, Ken and others that would reflect some of the different ways that autism manifests in people. So that would meen having a Barbie who looks exactly like a non-autistic Barbie. 

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  • TheCatWoman said:
    I'm not sure what to think, on the one hand anything that makes people feel included and to have toys that "look like them" is a good thing, but on the other it seems a cynical marketing ploy.

    I think it’s both things. 

    They could do with launching an extended family of Barbie, Ken and others that would reflect some of the different ways that autism manifests in people. So that would meen having a Barbie who looks exactly like a non-autistic Barbie. 

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