Johnson, a high school student with cerebral palsy, complained about the issue stating, "This is what we live with every day Morgan, who uses a wheelchair, asked her mother, "Aren't handicapped people pretty enough to be Barbie dolls? She ended up getting a hold of a Mattel representative who would not state why the doll was discontinued, however they did send her a doll from the archives. They are both very cute and their outfit is a rainbow striped top with distressed jeans and white sneakers.
She comes with a ramp which gives her access to the Barbie Dream House — yay! Barbie Fashionistas Doll Wheelchair Barbie of has an upgraded wheelchair. Her new wheelchair is typical of the high-end, ultralight manual wheelchairs used and preferred by disabled people with good upper body strength, such as individuals with spinal cord injuries, spina bifida, diplegia cerebral palsy etc. It is compact with a low back, rigid frame and simple but adjustable footrest. I was particularly impressed by the working brakes.
Unfortunately, the designers did miss an important detail. The front caster forks on the wheelchair do not swivel, and are fixed in the wrong direction, as they would be if the wheelchair user was moving backwards. For this reason, I feel the original Becky wheelchair is slightly better than the new one. However, all is not lost. I discovered that wheelchair Barbie is the same body type as Made to Move Barbie , a more poseable line of Barbies.
Made to Move Barbies have many more joints and therefore they can fit in the wheelchair. Barbies from the Signature line also have knee joints and can sit in the wheelchairs, as do random dolls from other Barbie lines. When shopping online, just zoom in and check for visible knee joints. Looking for a way to create wheelchair Ken? If you do, let me know!
Barbie Dancer Doll. Jay Ruderman, President of the Ruderman Family Foundation , which works to advance the inclusion of people with disabilities throughout society, celebrated the move. It is not only empowering for young girls with disabilities, but it will break down stereotypes developed at a young age that will help remove stigmas adversely impacting people with disabilities," he told me.
Read More. As a woman with a disability, I can't tell you how much it would have meant to me as a young girl to have a doll in a wheelchair. Growing up, my sister and I could easily spend hours playing with our dolls. We'd pull the big cardboard box out from under the bed, excitedly reaching inside for each Barbie. One by one, we'd line them up and create our very own adventures. During weekend shopping trips, we'd make a beeline straight for the Barbie aisle.
It was such a magical sight to see row upon row of shiny pink boxes emblazoned with that trademark logo. Senators: Do more to help disabled Americans gain employment. I often wondered, though, as I zoomed up and down the aisles in my wheelchair: where were the dolls that looked like me?
The truth is, I never saw myself represented in my favorite toys.
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