Strictly Come Dancing star Rose Ayling-Ellis has teamed up with Barbie to unveil their first doll with behind-the-ear listening to aids.
The EastEnders actress, who gained the dance competitors in 2021, options within the Rose, Barbie & Mates marketing campaign.
She is photographed alongside a forged of numerous fashions who mirror the brand new line of dolls, which incorporates the primary Ken doll with vitiligo, a Barbie with a prosthetic limb and one other with a wheelchair.
Rose, who has been deaf since start, mentioned: ‘It’s so necessary for kids to have the ability to see themselves represented within the toys they play with.
‘Once I was little, I’d draw listening to aids on to my Barbie dolls to make them appear to be me, so I’m thrilled that Mattel is releasing extra dolls that encourage children to have a good time and embrace their variations.’
Rose’s Barbie, who sports activities a excessive brunette ponytail and wears a floral mini-dress and chunky pink boots, additionally has pink listening to aids – naturally.
Mattel consulted with specialists on the dolls with the intention to precisely painting the listening to aids.
Academic audiologist Dr Jen Richardson mentioned she was ‘honoured’ to work on the road.
‘It’s inspiring those that expertise exhausting of listening to mirrored in a doll,’ she mentioned.
‘I’m past thrilled for my younger sufferers to see and play with a doll who appears like them.’
Since becoming a member of the forged of EastEnders in 2020, Rose has damaged down obstacles between the listening to and deaf communities and ticked off many ‘firsts’.
She was the primary deaf character to make use of British Signal Language (BSL) in Albert Sq., as properly the primary deaf contestant to seem on Strictly.
Her touching silent routine with companion Giovanni Pernice also scooped the 2022 Bafta award for the yr’s ‘must-see second’.
She additionally turned the primary movie star to make use of BSL to learn a CBeebies bedtime story.
The newest additions to the Barbie Fashionistas line, the place the Barbie model delivers its most range and inclusion, can be found within the UK from Thursday.
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