Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.  On this week’s show"Blind Barbie" In conjunction with the American Federation for the Blind, Mattel have released a new Barbie Fashionista Doll with a white cane and sunglasses.  We ask is this inclusion or tokenism?   An article posted on facebook by the Currier Mail has attracted some ugly comments: thanks to the volunteers of Vision Australia Radio Adelaide we bring those comments to life like never before.   Meanwhile, Sam tries to justify buying a Barbie Doll and claiming it on his tax return as "research" and Lizzie takes the Doll out and about to get some comments from members of the VI community.   Studio 1 welcomes any input from our listeners. If you have any experience or thoughts about issues covered in this episode or believe there is something we should be talking about. EMAIL: [email protected] or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork A big thank you to Lily; Steven; Lenore and Shianne.  Special thanks go to Jodie Willis-Roberts for bringing the facebook post to our attention.   Extra Special thanks go to Matt; Ron; Pam; John; Peter; Brenden; Ian; Michael; Carol and Shelley for their work on the facebook comments. Apologies to any listeners who can't get a certain Aqua song out of their heads, but if anyone wants to listen to the variations we played in this episode you can find them here: Orchestral Arrangement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2qGpX33OOo "Epic" Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es5lZRPRQlM "Bardcore" Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNm3Ggv01Ns  Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1. Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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