Barbie symbolizes generations of young women who "strive" to be beautiful in our society. This is something that urgently needs to change. Knowing that many young girls look to the image of Barbie as a role model, we need to ensure that this role model is an accurate representation of all women.

More specifically, this representation needs emphasize the fact that all people are created differently.With that said, Mattel has made recent efforts to try and make Barbies that depicted various illnesses. Such as Wendy, the young Barbie in a wheelchair. Or Elle the limited edition Barbie only distributed to certain markets for young cancer patients. These Barbies are great. However, other disabilities and medical diseases need to be represented as well. For example: What about a Barbie with crutches, or a wig due in part to losing her hair because of cancer treatments, or a see and eye dog? Just to name a few....



Together we can change this for the future generations of young children who look to the image behind the Barbie for a role model. Therefore, we need more Barbie dolls created that depict the disabilities and diseases that affect the young children of our society today.

