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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Chloe Mac Donnell

‘A positive step forward’: Mattel launches first blind Barbie

Lucy Edwards, disability activist and broadcaster, holds the first blind Barbie doll.
Lucy Edwards, disability activist and broadcaster, said the said the launch of the first blind Barbie doll means ‘everything to me’. Photograph: ©2024 Mattel, Inc.

Six decades after the original Barbie hit shelves, Mattel is launching its first blind Barbie doll in an effort to make its range more inclusive.

The US toymaker said the doll, which is now available online and instore, has been created in a bid to make blind and low-vision children more represented within society.

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