Recently Mattel, the company that makes Barbie dolls has brought out a new Barbie in their diversity range, calling it blind Barbie. The Barbie doll has a white cane with a bit of red at the bottom and a roller ball tip. Which is the cane used in America. She also has textured clothing, and… Continue reading My Thoughts On The New Blind Barbie! Does having a doll with disabilities matter?
Tag: Diversity
Disability Pride Month!
At the beginning of July I discovered that July was disability pride month, but had never heard of this before. I got rather excited as I'd wanted something like this for many years now. I wanted a whole month dedicated to celebrating, advocating and talking about disability in the same way other marginalised group have.… Continue reading Disability Pride Month!
Diversity and Disability!!
Too often I find that disability is the one thing that gets ignored, and an underlying ignorance to the discrimination that occurs towards the disabled. Awhile back I wrote about some people around me had no idea that discrimination towards people with a disability existed, telling me I had no rights to feel a certain… Continue reading Diversity and Disability!!
Bringing disability to TV with promises of better portrayal of disabled people! But will they deliver?
The BBC have made promises of more inclusion of disabled people and want to make their shows more diverse, with the disabled community in mind. Planning to make their shows with disability more authentic and distinctive, in the hopes of moving away from ableism and heading in the right direction.
Under My Umbrella!! 