There is now an "Autistic Barbie" doll. So that got me thinking...

This week toy maker Mattel has introduced the world to "Autistic Barbie".  The latest in a line of the classic doll's attempts to aim for more inclusion and representation which have already produced Barbie with Type 1 diabetes and Barbie with Down syndrome.

According to the link above going to the Fox News story about it, Autistic Barbie "includes articulated elbows and wrists to allow for movements such as hand flapping and other gestures used for sensory regulation or expression."  Barbie's eyes are "positioned with a slightly averted gaze, reflecting how some people on the autism spectrum may avoid eye contact."  Autistic Barbie includes a fidget spinner (that really spins), noise cancelling headphones, and a pink tablet displaying symbol-based apps to help with communication.

Okay, I have no problem with Barbie depicting autism.  It's a condition that millions of people, including not a few children, have to live with.  If little girls might benefit from a doll that is "just like them" then I'm all for it.

But I'm also thinking that maybe we need even more diversity in Barbie.  And hey, there are a lot of grown-ups who also collect the dolls.  I think some of them could appreciate a bit more variety also, reflecting on who they are.

So here's my idea... and Mattel is free to run with it, I hereby revoke my claims to it if they want to use this... for Bipolar Barbie.  Yes, I think that Barbie as a manic depressive should be next.  She could have a wild crazed look in her eyes, disheveled hair, legs that won't stop moving, four or five bottles of medication, pale skin from not getting outside in the sun...

Maybe having bipolar disorder could explain all the accessories that Barbie has.  I mean, reckless spending is a common characteristic of those with manic depression.  It also leads to delusional thinking (didn't Barbie claim to be an astronaut once?).

I'm only suggesting that of which I know firsthand as a real-life manic depressive.  Awww c'mon, I have to laugh a little 😛 

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Study finds link between autism and vaccines using cells of aborted children

Good. God.

How something like this has escaped my knowledge until now, I've no idea.

Did you know that two widely-used childhood vaccines were manufactured with cells taken from aborted fetuses?

I didn't either, until I read this article from LifeNews.com. It's about a just-published research study that has found a connection between the MMRII and chickenpox vaccines, and the dramatic rise in the rate of diagnosed autism.

From the article...

A new study conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency shows a correlation between the use of cells from babies in abortions in vaccines to an increase in autism rates. The study provides another problem from pro-life advocates who are already concerned about the abortion-vaccine tie.

The study, published in February in the publication Environmental Science & Technology, confirms 1988 as a “change point” in the rise of Autism Disorder rate.

"Although the debate about the nature of increasing autism continues, the potential for this increase to be real and involve exogenous environmental stressors exists," the study says.

The 1988 date is significant because, as pro-life blogger Jill Stanek notes, the Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute indicates that's when the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices added a second dose of the MMR vaccine, containing fetal cells from aborted babies, to its recommendations.

The study found two other change point dates: 1981, two years after MMRII was approved in the United States with fetal cells, and 1995, when SCPI says the chickenpox vaccine using aborted cells was approved.

Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League, said today that his group is joining SCPI in calling for a Fair Labeling and Informed Consent Act to let people know of this link and the use of cells from babies victimized by abortion.

“For years the evidence has pointed toward the link between vaccines using DNA from aborted babies and the rise of Autism Disorder rates,” he said. “Parents need and deserve to know the risks associated with vaccinations made from lines derived from the bodies of aborted children.”

After all these years and several court cases focusing on the mercury in vaccines as being the accused source of cases of autism, now it turns out that it was possibly something far, far worse that might have been behind the climb.

How does it feel, knowing that we have had our children "inoculated" with the dead remains of innocent babies?

I doubt that even Edgar Allan Poe, in his most feverish nightmare, could have come up with so horrific a thing.

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