"I love the message that it sends to children," Katy told USA TODAY. "Like it tells autistic children who might see ...

Autism, which is referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision, is a neurodevelopmental difference that ...

Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people.

Mattel’s launch of its first autistic Barbie this week has been met with both celebration and criticism from the autism ...

Mattel recently released an autistic Barbie, and transphobes are freaking out about the doll “promoting gender identity” ...

Mattel spent 18 months working with an advocacy organization to develop the doll, which includes noise-canceling headphones ...

Hill says Mikko, who is nonverbal, also uses an AAC device, which helps people who have speech or language problems to ...

The new Barbie doll comes with an Augmentative and Alternative Communication tablet that has a "pronouns" button.

There was some backlash to Mattel's newly introduced autistic Barbie. But one doll could never represent an entire community.