Toy Companies Break Down Barriers To Be More Inclusive From: Manufacturing.net - 10/21/2016 Toy companies are working harder to think outside their usual box, offering more-inclusive items like dolls with disabilities, female superhero figures, and characters with a range of skin tones. Many of the products breaking down the barriers started with smaller businesses, but big names like Mattel and Hasbro are getting into the game and offering lots more options this holiday season. What that means on the shelves is Barbies that have a greater variety of body types, eye colors and facial structures, a Lego mini-figure of a boy who uses a wheelchair, and an American Girl doll with accessories like a diabetes kit and arm crutches in addition to the hearing aids and service dogs it has offered before. Read the entire article at: http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2016/10/toy-companies-break-down-barriers-be-more-inclusive Links: ToyLikeMe http://www.toylikeme.org Journey Girls Wheelchair and Crutch Set http://www.toysrus.com/buy/journey-girls-wheelchair-playset-5f5fcdf-55750766 Feel-Better Kit for Dolls http://www.americangirl.com/shop/feel-better-kit-for-dolls-f4055 Fun in the Park - City People Pack https://www.lego.com/en-us/city/products/fun-in-the-park-city-people-pack-60134