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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Zoe Wood

New Lego characters aim to represent hidden disabilities such as autism

LEGO Friends Sunflower User Ryan
The £90 Lego Friends playset features Ryan, a university student wearing noise-reducing headphones and a sunflower lanyard. Photograph: Lego

Lego is introducing several characters who wear sunflower lanyards to its brick universe for the first time to raise awareness of a badge worn to indicate someone has a hidden disability such as autism.

The world’s biggest toymaker is keen to make its brick world better reflect reality and in recent years has added characters of different skin tones and cultures, as well as physical and non-visible disabilities. Figures with limb differences, Down’s syndrome, anxiety and vitiligo have also been warmly received by children.

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