Wheelchair Barbie Is a Lesson in the Power of Showing Up Where People Don't Think You Belong
August 1, 2023
In this Teen Vogue op-ed, Madison Lawson explores disability representation in Barbie and what seeing Barbie in a wheelchair means to her. Read here.
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