This isn’t the first Barbie to represent someone who is part of the medical landscape. Barbie became a registered nurse in ...

Barbie Releases First Doll With Type 1 Diabetes and Glucose Monitor. Mattel announced the latest addition to the Fashionista line-up, a line of dolls with type 1 diabetes, with a one-of-a-kind ...

Barbie Debuts First Doll with Down Syndrome to 'Counter Social Stigma Through Play' The National Down Syndrome Society, which collaborated with Mattel on the doll, says it's a "huge step forward ...

Two new Barbie dolls with disabilities were announced on July 23, the first-ever blind Barbie doll and the second Barbie doll with Down syndrome, Mattel said in a press release.