In the USA, the Barbie manufacturer released the first doll with Down syndrome (7 photos + 2 videos)

But even the Americans do not understand why it is needed.





Mattel is an American toy company. To her the famous Barbie also belongs - only this doll looks different. The office has released a line of toys Barbie Fashionistas, it has dolls: with a hearing aid, in a wheelchair, with a prosthesis, with a skin vitiligo disease.



Barbie Fashionistas toy line



Barbie Fashionistas toy line

There is also a Barbie with Down syndrome: short, with a flat face and slanting eyes.

A girl with Down syndrome, Ellie Goldstein, took part in the development of the toy:



Ellie Goldstein

Diversity is important to me because people around the world the world needs to see more people like me and not have to hide,” said the model.

Well, Mattel's management said that they had created toy in order to “enable all children to see in it myself".

And here is how citizens in the United States reacted to the new doll: