If you haven’t heard the news, Barbie has added a doll with type 1 diabetes (T1D) to its collection. The toy brand has once partnered with Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF), a research and advocacy organisation that aims to discover better treatments and expand access, for the launch.
The new doll joins the Barbie fashionistas line of more than 175 dolls with various skin tones, eye colours, hair colours and textures, fashion styles, body types and disabilities – including a blind Barbie doll (£7, Argos.co.uk), one in a wheelchair (£18, Argos.co.uk), and a Barbie doll with Down Syndrome (£8.40, Amazon.co.uk).
