Mattel partnered with Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) "to allow more children to see themselves in Barbie" ...
Mattel has unveiled its first-ever autistic Barbie with stimming hands, a tablet, fidget spinner, and other features.
Mattel spent 18 months working with an advocacy organization to develop the doll, which includes noise-canceling headphones ...
One readily noticeable pathognomonic trait of autism is hand-flapping—a stereotyped motor movement that can look a bit like an attempt to accelerating the drying of nail polish. Not all with autism do ...
For the first time, a Barbie doll with features designed to account for the ways in which individuals with autism experience ...
What's so unusual about a baby fascinated with spinning a cup, or a toddler flapping his hands, or a preschooler walking on her toes? Parents and even doctors sometimes miss these red flags for autism ...