This is amazing and a great way to be more inclusive.

I should get one for my youngest who has Down syndrome, although I suspect that she won’t even notice that this is a barbie with Down syndrome

This is a very thoughtful company to include all children. I hope the children love them and I just wish they were around when I was young.

This is great and finally something I would promote.
Not transgendercrap doll.
This doll can teach and bring up great conversation to help kids help one another.
Barbie should really promote this.

This is great, all the new barbies theyre bringing out are fantastic

Its a doll nothing else just a doll and it is not representative of a wide cross section of the population . I myself have been using mine as a Voodoo Doll and its suits me just fine . Any others out there ?

These initiatives are a wonderful start.

Could barbie also focus on having the correct body shape for all women too?

It’s a good move in the right direction

I wouldn’t have thought this barbie represented Downs, but it’s nice to see Barbie being more inclusive and realistic.. particularly with different body shapes, features and uniqueness.

I think these efforts are great. I love seeing dolls that represent more than unrealistically thin people.

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  I agree, we are all different shapes and sizes and all have different abilities. A big inclusive step in the right direction.

This is absolutely beautiful. I really like this Barbie.

I didnt think barbie looked any different until I saw the group full length photo, glad they are getting more inclusive.

Happy to see they are being more inclusive.

There really should be plenty of variations of Barbie doll, the traditional one is too skinny and to made up.

I always thought that Barbies don’t represent normal people just an aspiration, is this their attempt? They could add some kilos to the other ones too… anyway good step forward.

I also agree if I did not know it was a Down Syndrome Barbie I would have just assumed it was a some what smaller version of barbie.

I am happy to see Barbie’s range grow over the years to be inclusive and diverse. But to be honest, if no one mentioned this Barbie was a Down Syndrome Barbie, I wouldn’t know as it looks like a real person, then the fake Barbie look. The only feature it resembles Down Syndrome is the height and body shape but not the facial features. I don’t hate it, I love the idea but wasn’t well presented enough.

I think they’re going a bit far, there’s a difference between supporting diversity and supporting representations of an imperfect world. It’s sad that people have disabilities and I’m not sure that this should be represented in a toy.

Barbie has always been pretty unrealistic but it’s definitely good to see them try and be more inclusive..