A Barbie with Down’s syndrome is the latest doll to be released by Mattel in a bid to make its range more diverse.
The US toy giant had faced previous criticism that the traditional Barbie did not represent real women.
In recent years it has created dolls with a hearing aid, a prosthetic limb and a wheelchair.
Mattel’s goal was for “all children to see themselves in Barbie” as well as “play with dolls who do not look like themselves”.
