I-Mattel, Inc. isanda kumemezela ukwethulwa kukadoli wayo omusha we-Barbie, lowo owadalelwa ukuba ube isibani sokumelela nokubandakanya izingane. Unodoli u-Barbie one-Down syndrome uyingxenye eyamukelekayo emugqeni ohlukahlukene wonodoli abasemakethe, okwenza izingane zizibone zibonakala kumathoyizi ezidlala ngawo, futhi zizikhuthaze ukuba zidlale onodoli abangafani nabo.
Unodoli uhloselwe ukukhuthaza izingane ukuthi zixoxe izindaba ezengeziwe ngokudlala futhi zakhe uzwela nokuqonda kulabo abanolwazi oluhlukile kolwabo. Ukwengezwa okusha kuka-Barbie kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile esiya phambili ekufuneni ukufakwa nokumelwa embonini yamathoyizi.
Esebenzisana eduze ne-National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS), u-Barbie waqinisekisa ukuthi unodoli ummele ngokunembile umuntu one-Down syndrome. I-NDSS inikeze imininingwane ebalulekile nolwazi lwangempela olwazisa inqubo yokuklama onodoli kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni, okuhlanganisa nokubaza, izingubo zokugqoka, izisetshenziswa, nokupakishwa. Ubudlelwano obuseduze phakathi kuka-Barbie ne-NDSS buqinisekise ukuthi unodoli ubungaza abantu abane-Down syndrome futhi waxhumana nomphakathi ngokushesha.
U-Kandi Pickard, uMongameli we-NDSS, kanye ne-CEO uthe, "Lokhu kusho lukhulu emphakathini wethu, oqala ukudlala ngonodoli u-Barbie ofana nawo. Lo Barbie usebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuthi akufanele neze siwabukele phansi amandla Ukumelwa. Kuyisinyathelo esikhulu esiya phambili sokufakwa kanye nomzuzu esiwugubhayo."
Unodoli we-Barbie Fashionista one-Down syndrome ubuye afake ama-orthotic e-ankle-foot (AFOs) apinki ukuze afane nempahla yakhe, futhi amateku akhe anemininingwane yeziphu. Lokhu kwengezwa kunodoli kwafakwa ukuze kusebenze ugqozi oluvela kuma-orthotics angokoqobo ukuze kusekelwe izinyawo zezingane namaqakala. Iphethini yokugqoka enemikhono kanodoli ihlanganisa izimvemvane, imibala ephuzi, noluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, okuyizimpawu ezihlobene nokuqwashisa nge-Down syndrome. Umgexo olengayo kanodoli olengayo onama-chevron amathathu ukuya phezulu umele amakhophi amathathu e-chromosome yama-21, okuwufuzo okudala izici ezihlobene ne-Down syndrome. Ama-chevron amathathu, noma imicibisholo, awuphawu oluhlanganisa umphakathi we-Down syndrome futhi amele "abambalwa abanenhlanhla" abanothile one-Down syndrome empilweni yabo.
Ukuze kugujwe ukwethulwa kukanodoli futhi kugqugquzele ukufakwa, ukubonakala, nokuqonda kwabantu abane-Down syndrome, amanxusa aseYurophu, kuhlanganise no-Ellie Goldstein, imodeli yase-UK, u-Éléonore Laloux, Umeluleki Wedolobha Nombhali waseFrance, kanye no-Enya, a UModel & Influencer wase-Netherlands, wajoyina u-Barbie. Bathwetshulwe ezithombeni zokugubha kanye nevidiyo, njengoba bebona unodoli obamele okokuqala.
U-Ellie Goldstein uthe, "Ngokubona unodoli, ngazizwa ngicindezelekile - kwakusho lukhulu kimina, futhi ngihloniphekile futhi ngiziqhenya ngokuthi uBarbie wangikhetha ukuthi ngibonise unodoli emhlabeni. Ukuhlukahluka kubalulekile kimina njengoba abantu bedinga ukwenza kanjalo. bona abantu abaningi abafana nami laphaya emhlabeni futhi bangafihlwa."
Njengoba imboni yamathoyizi iqhubeka nokulwela ukumeleleka nokubandakanya wonke umuntu, ukwengeza kwakamuva kuka-Barbie nge-Down syndrome kuyisinyathelo esamukelekayo esibheke emhlabeni owamukela kakhudlwana. Kuyisikhumbuzo esibalulekile sokuthi wonke umuntu muhle, futhi i-Down syndrome iyingxenye yethu, umphakathi, kanye nomhlaba. Asigubhe lesi sikhathi futhi silwele ukufinyelela ikusasa elibandakanya wonke umuntu.
