Earlier this week a post was made by SGF on their Instagram about a famous brand that is now selling dolls with different disabilities and it inspired me for this blog post!
When shopping for toys as a kid I would try to find dolls that had similar qualities to me. I’m brunette and while I loved Barbies and owned the original blonde hair dolls I was more drawn towards the Barbies with brown hair because they looked like me. The SGF post got me thinking about kids who have qualities that are not as typical or common as hair or skin color and I wanted to look into different companies and see what is available for our kiddos.
As I was searching I found multiple companies that offer dolls with a variety of abilities and extra unique qualities, since most of these have to be ordered online a lot of parents may not know they are available so I did the hard work for you and attached links below for you to shop from here!
Additionally, be sure to check out this mom, who has two children that are on the Autism spectrum, and wrote a children’s book celebrating differences. Read More.