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Originally Posted by Niamh.
I mean yeah of course they're doing it to make money but again I don't see the harm, if a kid has diabetes it's not like they don't know that and feel a bit different from their friends sometimes because they have to take meds etc, imo the doll is just normalising that a bit more, like if they had Barbie in a wheelchair (which i think they probably have done) and they have definitely had hospital barbie sets etc
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What's different about a kid with diabetes? Nothing, except the meds they take and the food they eat. If Mattel was giving 10% of the profits to a diabetic charity I wouldn't think it was so very cynical. Yes there is a wheelchair Barbie and I have no problem with it. It probably helps kids with visible disabilities. Diabetes though? Any Barbie could be diabetic Barbie.
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