# Physically challenged Barbie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704 "2010-10-28T21:38:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/1 "2010-10-28T21:38:24Z")
Was there ever a Barbie (or friend) in a wheelchair? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/2 "2010-10-28T22:02:54Z")
Meet [Becky](http://www.amazon.com/Barbie-Becky-Share-Smile-Special/dp/B000JW084M). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/3 "2010-10-28T22:19:41Z")
That is AWESOME!!! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/4 "2010-10-28T22:25:46Z")
There are more versions of this doll - [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dtoys-and-games&field-keywords=Barbie+Becky&x=18&y=23) carries two others. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/5 "2010-10-29T05:18:11Z")
Unfortunately, Mattel forgot to make Barbie’s Dream House [wheelchair accessible](http://whereslulu.com/2010/08/18/wheelchair-becky-friend-of-barbie/). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/6 "2010-10-29T07:25:29Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Unfortunately, Mattel forgot to make Barbie’s Dream House [wheelchair accessible](http://whereslulu.com/2010/08/18/wheelchair-becky-friend-of-barbie/). [OT] I can’t believe there’s an article out there that actually cites Yahoo! Answers as a serious source. What is the world coming to[/ot] ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/7 "2010-10-29T08:11:01Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Unfortunately, Mattel forgot to make Barbie’s Dream House [wheelchair accessible](http://whereslulu.com/2010/08/18/wheelchair-becky-friend-of-barbie/). Don’t forget “Abusive Caretaker Ken”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/8 "2010-10-29T17:11:38Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Unfortunately, Mattel forgot to make Barbie’s Dream House [wheelchair accessible](http://whereslulu.com/2010/08/18/wheelchair-becky-friend-of-barbie/). Few private homes are wheelchair accessible, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/9 "2010-10-29T19:05:04Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Few private homes are wheelchair accessible, methinks. More than you would think … I can drive through a residential area and see ramps at many homes. On my rural road are roughly 50 homes in a roughly 10 mile length [my roomie did census this year, I could ask her for the actual count] and there are 7 other houses that have visible ramps. There could be more accessible houses where the ramps are not visible. My ramp will not be visible from the road when we finish it this spring. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/10 "2010-10-29T19:58:42Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > More than you would think … > > I can drive through a residential area and see ramps at many homes. On my rural road are roughly 50 homes in a roughly 10 mile length [my roomie did census this year, I could ask her for the actual count] and there are 7 other houses that have visible ramps. There could be more accessible houses where the ramps are not visible. My ramp will not be visible from the road when we finish it this spring. True enough. I still don’t think it’s the majority. It’s something people only do when they have specific occasion to, and not always then. During the last years of my mother’s life she often had to use a wheelchair, but my father never used a ramp. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Edie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Little\_Edie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Edie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-challenged-barbie/558704/11 "2010-10-29T22:17:14Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > Meet [Becky](http://www.amazon.com/Barbie-Becky-Share-Smile-Special/dp/B000JW084M). Hey, those weird skinny legs are actually believable on her. And maybe the giant breasts and weird waist and neck are what made her have an accident in the first place!