"Statistics show that young girls are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, so to have a powerful symbol like this autistic ...

New autistic Barbie doll welcomed as a step towards a more "authentic, joyful" representation for neurodivergent children ...

The toy includes an eye gaze slightly to the side, to represent the way some autistic people might avoid direct eye contact ...

The launch of the first autistic Barbie doll has been welcomed by campaigners and charities as a step towards more "authentic ...

Sorry, trolls, the launch of Mattel’s autistic Barbie is its best doll yet - COMMENT: No, people don’t always ‘look’ autistic ...

Experts say there is no single ‘look’ to being autistic, so the Barbie that Mattel created can’t represent everyone ...

I’ve seen plays about so many subjects from heartbreak to the Holocaust to How To Kill Your Husband. (That was my mother’s opera actually. Dad didn’t like that one!) But I hardly ever see autism ...