r/DisabledBarbies

One of the hardest things about being disabled is heat intolerance. Mini-me Barbie is trying to stay cool in her 1984 Fashion Fun outfit. Alt text. 1st picture: Shows disabled Asian / Latina Barbie with long black hair, pink prosthetic leg walking. She is putting on black sunglasses. She has big black eyes, pink lips and is wearing a red and white striped dress while carrying a white tote purse with red handles and wearing clear glass shoes. Behind her are large red roses with green stems and white baby's breath. There are also purple, pink and lavender dots on the floor and a large ball of pink and small ball of white paper. There's also a lavender butterfly hanging from a purple water bottle. 2nd picture: Same disabled Barbie doll but picture is zoomed out. This time instead of putting on her glasses, one hand is on her hip. She is looking straight ahead. 3rd picture: Similar to second one in that the disabled Barbie's right hand is on her hip while the left hand is carrying the white tote purse but this picture is a close up. Background looks festive with purple, pink and white decorations hanging and vase of big red roses at center.

I thought I'd share some snippets of my precious character now that he's finally complete. I stole the glasses from architect Barbie, lol.

His face is from Suga Mattel BTS doll. I feel like it's the closest mold to what I envisioned him to look like, since the character itself is Asian American. The body is from AliExpress. Yuge doll body I think. It's much taller than the original body and look proportionate to the head and I'm loving it so far. BUT it have nipples that looks kinda indecent with his fitted shirt. I had to file some of it away and use a black fabric acting as a makeshift bra 😭

I hand sewed both his raglan shirt and pants. And also a calf strap to hold his legs in place in the wheelchair, made from the same cotton shirt material and I like the looks of it.

The last image of a sketch I had of him for two years at this point. He rarely get drawn but he's the first of many of my character to have a doll form.

Below is a short character description if anyone cares, I think it doesn't hurt to give a little bit of context:

[Ayusei Miyagi]

Aesthetics/Appearance: black hair, tapered on the back with curtain bangs. Opting for casual, basic clothing that always compliment his lean frame. Say, henley, corduroy, raglan

Personality: raised with tough love but soft hearted at the end.

Backstory/Context: Asian-american (Japanese) Buddhist. As of currently, 25 years old with 4 years into a life with spinal cord injury. T7 complete paraplegic. Deeply into music and piano. Freelance writing work. Haven't had the nerve to play again after his injury. Because he had the accident on the way to the venue of his big break in the industry.

Hi everyone

here some pictures I took of Zoe and Amy out and about.

The pictures of Amy I took in April but I forgot to post them when I when to Redcar(Uk) these were taken before her wheelchair broke if I remember correctly it was actually when I got home for that trip that when her chair broke.

Ones of Zoe I took today when I was down near the river not far from where I live.

I do have more pictures but they are on my phone I have not transferred them to my tablet yet.

I share them I get the chance.

I am going to Saltburn on Tuesday I am taking Zoe with me and I am going to take some pictures of her when I am there.

Any see you all in my next post

Hi everyone 

I just got my second disabled Barbie in my collection and she is also the first Barbie I brought brand new as all my Barbie in my collection are charity shop or EBay finds or was given to me by a friend.

So happy with my a addition and I unsure what I am going to name her I can’t decide if I am going to name her Zoe or Alice I am learning more towards naming her Zoe.

Oh I am just naming her Zoe as I think the name suits her.

She love a doll really and I love the details on and I didn’t expect her prosthetic leg to able to come off as other doll I have seen with prosthetic limbs have the leg part the leg mold.

She definitely one of my favourite modern Barbies I own in my collection and she is my Barbie from The Barbie Deluxe Style line and I got her for £6.99 as she was reduced from if I really correctly ruffly 16.99 of somewhere around that price.

I plan on taking more pictures of Zoe soon and once I got Amy(my wheelchair Barbie) new chainwheel as the one of the wheels on her chainwheel  broke when I last took her out I take some photos with them together.

I am thinking about making Zoe more artist who loves her fashion so I plan on putting together some alternate outfits for her to give her more personality.

I will post more pictures of her once I have put her outfits together.

Well see you all in my next post (sorry if I am bit all over the place I have autism and ADHD and typed this up in a rush)

Tl:dr I need to get some backgrounds printed up to avoid paying for another room box. What I need is a doctor's office, hospital rooms, and a background that will work for gym/martial arts.

In 2019 I bought a custom roombox made for me, with furniture that was all included and it was fully decorated. It cost me 42 dollars plus shipping on Etsy. I got busy and then got a new source of chronic pain so I took a break.

I decided to refresh some of the photos on my insta (chronicpainbarbie) because so many of the photos are clearly my floor or kitchen table. And I have plans to do a lot more photography and a lot of it is of dolls with other disabilities. But buying a roombox - just the walls still smelling of mdf and no decoration starts at 100. And that's a small box.

I have also realized that since most of my scenes to come are in a doctor's office and I have the equipment (I have the ambulance and other play sets but for my particular purpose using the ambulance as a doctor's office looks a little too Mattel. I have also gotten a lot of different workout playsets.

What I need is either a good source for backdrops in general that might work, and also if you know of particular ones for my purpose. I'll be using depth of field most of the time to blur the background a bit - but most of the things I can easily find are more for outdoor sets.

If you just have photos you use - it would be good to know if you printed them yourself etc.

The photo I'm showing isn't at the standard I'm planning for in the future. My stuff is mostly in boxes until our renovation is finished but I wanted to share something.

Caption: My Bestie happens to be here during Pride. She let me pick out her outfit and we're taking a break after the first half of my very slow 3 block daily walk. She's telling me a funny story about her kids.

Photo visual description: The photo is of two dolls sitting on a parkbench in front of a wooden wall. One has long dark red hair and is wearing a silver puffsleeve top and a rainbow tutu. She is gesturing with her hands. The other has a dark blonde pixie cut and is wearing a white t-shirt and a tie dye skirt with pink soled white sneakers and a fitness tracker. She is relaxed and seems to be listening.

Sorry no energy for alt text - hope to add later but these are some pictures from interior of Barbie's Sweet Treats. 1st picture: Shows Danica (Barbie with Type 1 Diabetes) shopping. Behind her are the other Barbies eating ice cream and popsicles while laughing; Penelope (Barbie with autism) taking photographs to document the moment. 2nd picture: Shows Mini-me (blue dress, pink prosthetic leg) at the Lollipops Staircase. Jasmine, Black Barbie with Down Syndrome, is showing off her new lime green tropical dress. Lily, Caucasian Barbie with DS, is carrying a shopping bag while smiling. Grace (tall bald Barbie with alopecia) is enjoying cotton candy while Monique (Barbie in wheelchair) enjoys some popcorn. 3rd pic: Close up of girls eating frozen sweets.

I wanted to share this photo. I have more coming and a video. The candy bazaar and ice cream emporium is complete. All of the dolls have disabilities in this photo. Alt text: Picture of very colorful candy and ice cream emporium that has a blue and pink 'Barbie's Sweet Treats' sign in the middle with red, green, yellow and pink balloons attached to it. There are 10 Barbie dolls with various disabilities of various ethnicities and body types (petite, tall, average, curvy, etc). The floor is white with red, purple, blue, green and orange dots so they look like candy dots. Left side has a staircase with multicolored giant lollipops at the center. Next to it are M & M candy dispensers in the colors of the rainbow. In the middle is the 2003 Barbie Candy Shop from Mattel which has a hot pink buckets over candy dispensers with different types of candy. There is a cash register with balloons, gift bags, and ice cream. There is also a red gum ball machine. On top of the set is a row of multicolored cupcakes with glitter. To the right is a blue wall with images of vintage soda bottles. Next to it is the yellow and pink 1988 Barbie Soda Fountain Shoppe from Mattel which features a giant root beer float with a striped red and white straw. There is a yellow counter with matching stools. On the counter are cones filled with strawberry ice cream and hot dogs on a grill. To the right of that is a wall featuring circular red and white stools that look like Starlight Mints. In front of it are hot pink Kartell chairs with Barbies on them. From left to right: 1st doll (in front of staricase) is a disabled Pacific Islander Barbie with a pink prosthetic leg. She has long black hair, big black eyes, and is wearing a glittering blue dress. Next to her is a pink grocery cart filled with candy hearts and other colorful candies. Behind the cart is a petite and curvy Caucasian Barbie with Down Syndrome who is carrying a shopping bag. She has long blonde hair, a yellow and blue floral dress and is wearing pink AFO braces. Next to her is an African American Barbie with Down Syndrome (also petite and curvy) who is smiling; she has black hair in braids, pink eye glasses and is wearing a tropical lime green dress. To her right is a tall, tan skinned bald Barbie wearing a black tank top and baggy shiny black pants. She has alopecia and is carrying blue and pink cotton candy. Next to her in the middle of the picture is an African American Barbie in a wheelchair that has pink accents. She has a black afro, silver hoop earrings and is wearing a blue romper dress with hearts while carrying a box of popcorn. To the right is a Barbie with tan skin tone and long brown hair wearing a blue and white polka dot dress. She is wearing a pink insulin monitor and carrying a glucose monitor; she has Type 1 Diabetes. Behind her is a curvy African American Barbie wearing clear hearing aids. She is sitting on a pink stool and eating strawberry ice cream while wearing an all pink outfit with a pink bow in her long brown hair. On the right wall, there are three Barbies. One of them has sandy brown hair, grey eyes and a tan; she is wearing a purple ruffle skirt, pink shirt and sitting in a chair--she has UV protection sunglasses on top of her head and is carrying a walking stick; she is blind. She is also eating a blue popsicle. She is talking to the Barbie with clear hearing aids and the 2 dolls on the right side wall. Second to last doll is petite, African American Barbie with afro who has vitiligo. She is wearing a vertically striped yellow and pink dress while eating strawberry ice cream out of a cone. Finally, the last doll is a petite Barbie of Indian descent sitting in a hot pink chair wearing a red and white Hello Kitty outfit--she is autistic. She has a pink fidget spinner flower on one hand and is carrying a yellow camera. She is wearing white tennis shoes and sunglasses with rims shaped like flower petals on top of her head; she has shiny black hair.

Barbie Stamps https://store.usps.com/store/product/barbie-stamps-S_582504
$7.80 for a sheet of 10

Barbie Digital Color Postmarks https://store.usps.com/store/product/barbie-digital-color-postmarks-S_582521
$22.10 set of 10

Barbie First Day Covers
https://store.usps.com/store/product/barbie-first-day-covers-S_582516
$13.60 set of 10

(Excuse the messy background)

I've mentioned that the blind Barbie is what got me back into collecting and doll as a whole, and she get the honour of being the first one to get a full reroot! Dressed in the deluxe style outfit, I think she fully scream 70's superstar! I'm obsessed already she's very dear to me 🥹

The body is a knockoff mizi/ integrity toys body I bought online. Still getting used to the proportions but the articulation is great.

Please help! I'm trying to get a body donor for my girl "Jasmine." I hate that all of her pictures are so stationery. I would have preferred a curvy, petite MTM but will settle for a curvy (average height) MTM in her skin tone. Is it the Twinning Barbie or Barbie Basics 2026 girl? Thank you so much!

Jasmine and Lily say "Happy Hump Day!"