Mattel collaborated with the National Down Syndrome Society to create a doll that accurately represented a person with Down syndrome.
, which is made up of people with Down syndrome, plus siblings, parents and others. A representative with Mattel tells Simplemost that the team helped provide input when creating the doll to make sure she accurately represented a person with Down syndrome and “celebrated the Down syndrome community.”as having a face and body “more illustrative of women with Down syndrome,” which includes a shorter frame and longer torso.
As for the doll’s fashion, she is wearing a yellow and blue dress with butterflies, which are symbols and colors associated with Down syndrome awareness. Even the doll’s necklace was chosen with purpose; Mattel says the chevrons are a symbol used in the the Down syndrome community, and having three of them represents the three copies of the 21st chromosome that lead to Down syndrome.
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