Oh okay so now they normalize visually discriminating against auties bc some of us wear noise canceling headphones. Maybe their next run she can have a blue trick or treat bucket?
I just imagine the creative board sitting around a table going like ‘We need an autism barbie, how is she going to look’ - ‘Uh, idk you can’t really see if someone has autism’ - ‘Don’t they wear like, earphones or something (like 99% of people in public transport nowadays)?’ - ‘Yeah that’s it!’
Literally any barbie can have autism. I have autism and whenever I tell people they are like ‘but I could never tell!’ No, how could you? What do you expect to see?
The autistic Barbie doll features and accessories include:
Body: The autistic Barbie doll features elbow and wrist articulation, enabling stimming, hand flapping, and other hand gestures that some members of the autistic community use to process sensory information or express excitement.
Eye Gaze: The doll is designed with an eye gaze shifted slightly to the side, which reflects how some members of the autistic community may avoid direct eye contact.
Accessories: Each doll comes with a pink finger clip fidget spinner, noise-cancelling headphones and a tablet.
Fidget Spinner: The doll holds a pink finger clip fidget spinner that actually spins, offering a sensory outlet that can help reduce stress and improve focus.
Headphones: Pink noise-cancelling headphones rest on top of the doll’s head as a helpful and fashionable accessory that reduces sensory overload by blocking out background noise.
Tablet: A pink tablet showing symbol-based Augmentative and Alternative Communication apps (AAC) on its screen serves as a tool to help with everyday communication.
the bourgeois’ inability to think past the commodities someone buys is really weird. Like they define people by what commodities someone needs, that’s how they group people. After all what is an identity other than the set of stuff one owns?
Don’t worry, I use headphones for public transportation/listening to things at work and I’m not autistic. Plenty of people use them for comfort and to reduce noise.
Oh okay so now they normalize visually discriminating against auties bc some of us wear noise canceling headphones. Maybe their next run she can have a blue trick or treat bucket?
I just imagine the creative board sitting around a table going like ‘We need an autism barbie, how is she going to look’ - ‘Uh, idk you can’t really see if someone has autism’ - ‘Don’t they wear like, earphones or something (like 99% of people in public transport nowadays)?’ - ‘Yeah that’s it!’
Literally any barbie can have autism. I have autism and whenever I tell people they are like ‘but I could never tell!’ No, how could you? What do you expect to see?
its way worse than i thought wtf
Body: The autistic Barbie doll features elbow and wrist articulation, enabling stimming, hand flapping, and other hand gestures that some members of the autistic community use to process sensory information or express excitement. Eye Gaze: The doll is designed with an eye gaze shifted slightly to the side, which reflects how some members of the autistic community may avoid direct eye contact. Accessories: Each doll comes with a pink finger clip fidget spinner, noise-cancelling headphones and a tablet. Fidget Spinner: The doll holds a pink finger clip fidget spinner that actually spins, offering a sensory outlet that can help reduce stress and improve focus. Headphones: Pink noise-cancelling headphones rest on top of the doll’s head as a helpful and fashionable accessory that reduces sensory overload by blocking out background noise. Tablet: A pink tablet showing symbol-based Augmentative and Alternative Communication apps (AAC) on its screen serves as a tool to help with everyday communication.
the bourgeois’ inability to think past the commodities someone buys is really weird. Like they define people by what commodities someone needs, that’s how they group people. After all what is an identity other than the set of stuff one owns?
Finally an actual critique
I kinda feel called out for the headphones.
I didn’t realize that’s an autistic thing, I just prefer to not be distracted when I’m listening to something, and earphones feel weird.
Don’t worry, I use headphones for public transportation/listening to things at work and I’m not autistic. Plenty of people use them for comfort and to reduce noise.