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In a world that’s both unsettling and fascinating, Mattel just launched an autistic Barbie — complete with a loose dress to visually signal “neurodiversity.”
I would have paid good money to sit in those product development meetings.

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Barbie® Introduces the First Autistic Barbie Doll, Championing Representation for Children through Play
Mattel, Inc. unveiled today its first-ever autistic Barbie doll created with guidance from the autistic community to represent common ways autistic people may experience, process, and communicate abou...
corporate.mattel.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:06 AM