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Mattel Inc. developed the autistic doll over more than 18 months in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. The goal: to create a Barbie that reflected some of the ways autistic people may experience and process the world around them. The doll also was given articulated elbows and wrists to acknowledge stimming, hand flapping and other gestures. Mattel just released its first autistic Barbie doll in an effort to represent how those with autism spectrum disorder may experience the world around them. Barbie is donating more than 1,000 autistic Barbie dolls to leading pediatric hospitals.