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Parents angry about new Legos that have an old man in a wheelchair because it doesn't make young children with disabilities feel included

  • Lego created set of Duplo toys that included grey-haired man in wheelchair
  • Online advocacy group Toy Like Me said that the toy was 'disappointment'
  • Group says that toy companies should make products that represent children with disabilities, such as 'wheel chair skate parkers' 

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 12:07 EST, 31 July 2015 | Updated: 17:33 EST, 31 July 2015

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A parents' group has lashed out at toy maker Lego after the company created a set of characters where the only disabled character is an old man. 

Toy Like Me, an online advocacy group that calls for toys with disabilities, has lobbied companies such as Hasbro to make products that represent children with cochlear implants and wheelchairs.

However, the group said that Lego's latest set of Duplo toys based on different professions was 'disappointing' because it reinforced notions of disability being dealt with only by the elderly.

An online advocacy group has taken issue with Lego's latest set of Duplo characters because one in a wheelchair (bottom right) is an old man rather than a child
 
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An online advocacy group has taken issue with Lego's latest set of Duplo characters because one in a wheelchair (bottom right) is an old man rather than a child

Toy Like Me, which asks companies for products that represent disabled children, said that the 'snoringly boringly grey wheelchair' and its occupant gave the impression that young people don't have disabilities
 
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Toy Like Me, which asks companies for products that represent disabled children, said that the 'snoringly boringly grey wheelchair' and its occupant gave the impression that young people don't have disabilities

'We applaud Lego for producing a wheelchair-using Duplo figure but it’s so disappointing that the only wheelchair-using figure across all Lego products is an elderly person being pushed along by a younger figure,' founder Rebecca Atkinson said in a statement.

'What does this say to children about disability? That it only exists in the over 65?' she said according to The Mighty. 

A petition posted by Toy Like Me asking for more disabled toys says that there are 150million disabled children worldwide. It has accumulated more than 18,000 signatures.

Lego had apologized last month for offending the disabled after describing on of its 'quirky, fictional' toys as a 'back-of-the-bus window licker'.

Window-licker is an offensive term for the mentally disabled. 

Rebecca Atkinson, the founder of Toy Like Me, asked the toymaker 'What does this say to children about disability?'
 
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Rebecca Atkinson, the founder of Toy Like Me, asked the toymaker 'What does this say to children about disability?'

The group had advocated for disabled 'wheelchair skate parker' Legos in an online petition that has gathered more than 18,000 signatures
 
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The group had advocated for disabled 'wheelchair skate parker' Legos in an online petition that has gathered more than 18,000 signatures

The Danish company quickly pulled the wording describing the toy after media coverage, according to Consumerist. 

It issued a statement saying: 'We have very high expectations of our products. This also includes the text we use to describe them towards consumers. We are sorry that wording which could be considered offensive has been used, as this has not been our intention at all'.

Lego did not immediately reply to Daily Mail Online's request for comment on the elderly Duplo character in a wheelchair. 

Toy Like Me also criticized the new toy as 'a snoringly boringly grey wheelchair with wheels that don't appear to move'.

The group says it wants Lego to create 'wheelchair skate parkers'



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3181525/Parents-angry-new-Legos-old-man-wheelchair-doesn-t-make-young-children-disabilities-feel-included.html#ixzz3hZ34TQ8B
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Is there anything that somebody isn't angry about?

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Wheelchair skate parkers? How does that work IRL?

 



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I'd tell them to shove it.

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I agree with Gaga - do people just look for things to bitch about?

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1. Is there anything that somebody isn't angry about?

No. We are an angry society. We find anything we can to be angry or offended over, and we make sure we make our anger known to as many as we can.

 

2. Do people just look for things to bitch about?

Yes. Society is never satisfied. Just read any message board, social site or anything that is media. If we are not bitching, whining, moaning or pissy about anything, we would actually have time to spend on ourselves and develop our character and to actually reach our full potential as enlightened, caring, progressive beings. Oh, the HORROR! Oh Noes! You mean I have to actually invest in and improve myself? (faints)  

Yeah, it's like that. No exaggeration on my part.  biggrin



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Renegade Time Lord wrote:

1. Is there anything that somebody isn't angry about?

No. We are an angry society. We find anything we can to be angry or offended over, and we make sure we make our anger known to as many as we can.

 

2. Do people just look for things to bitch about?

Yes. Society is never satisfied. Just read any message board, social site or anything that is media. If we are not bitching, whining, moaning or pissy about anything, we would actually have time to spend on ourselves and develop our character and to actually reach our full potential as enlightened, caring, progressive beings. Oh, the HORROR! Oh Noes! You mean I have to actually invest in and improve myself? (faints)  

Yeah, it's like that. No exaggeration on my part.  biggrin

This explains why newspapers and news media are filled with articles about all BAD things. Good happenings don't make the news, because too few people want to know about them. 

 



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Oh ffs.

 



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Lego doesn't owe you anything. Buy their wonderful products and STFU.

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Legos are dangerous little torture devices made to keep parents in their places.

I swear those things multiply and move about on their own. The get every where. And you WILL step on one at the MOST inopportune moment. And they HURT!!!

I finally got the last of them out of my about 8 years ago, gave them to my cousin's grandson.

Well I was in the hospital and needed my sneakers from home.

I put the thing on and there it was. A blue two top Lego brick in my shoe.

And now, Jesse is buying them AGAIN.

They're toy crack.

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
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Oh ffs.

 

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chef wrote:
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Oh ffs.

 

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 Add me in here!

And JFTR, Barbie shoes hurt at an equal proportion as Legos.  That bitch and her high heels are dangerous.



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Too bad Legos replaces Erector Sets.



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Erector sets are still available. I gave Jesse one once.

But everything is allen wrenches.

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lilyofcourse wrote:

Erector sets are still available. I gave Jesse one once.

But everything is allen wrenches.

Good to know. 

A set of small allen wrenches sells for $1 in my local auto parts store, less than the price of a screwdriver.

 



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I agree with you all, in fact some of the comments above were exactly what I was thinking...My goodness~



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The great thing about Legos is, the parts are interchangeable! Don't like the old man sitting in the wheelchair? Swap him out for the character that suits your fancy!

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DemoniaD wrote:

The great thing about Legos is, the parts are interchangeable! Don't like the old man sitting in the wheelchair? Swap him out for the character that suits your fancy!

I know, right?  Geez.. 



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