One Good Thing: Disabled Girl Asks LEGO For Better Representation.

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One Good Thing: Disabled Girl Asks LEGO For Better Representation

We know the world can be tough sometimes. So we'd like to take a moment to share one good thing happen in the world today. Today we're looking at how a toy line is working to increase representation. Our senior reporter Michelle Castillo joins us now to explain how this toy line is making a big difference to a little girl who was born without her left hand. Michelle tell us more. So hey George a so so like many kids Sophia wanted to see a toy that looked like her, but the only toy in her toy box that was missing a limb like her was her lego pirate, which has a peg leg and a hook hand. So she wrote the lego with a simple request. Could they make a toy that looked like her? She told the BBC quote, you don't feel like you're represented and there's no one like you in these toys that's until now so meet Autumn that's Autumn. She's obsessed with all animals. Wait does she even know what's happening right now? Of course there are pig and a puppy that's Milo and poppy more on them later. Anyhow we're in trouble. So unknown to Sofia lego had been working on a character with a limb difference for its lego Friends line and now the team had the inspiration to bring her to the finish line to lego. Friends Creative Director Fenella Charity said that they knew Autumn would love the outdoors and animals and they decided to give her a limb difference to show she was still relatable to her peers even though she was a little bit different, Take a listen, it's something that kids would like to see and play in terms of its not represented heavily in toys until now with what we've done and it really was a great match for her personality because her indifference is just a detail of who she is, it doesn't define her and she's really outgoing and really brave and has all of these character traits that many kids have. So they worked on getting every detail right. Like Autumns braid lego found that active people with one arm would likely make a loose braid, just like the character and the best part was being able to present the lego figure to Sofia, we had this incredible moment where we were able to meet Sophia online and show her what she had been wishing for and it was so moving and the impact has been amazing on Sofia because not only has she found even more confidence in herself, but her community and other kids with limb difference have just felt so happy that we're representing this in the product and it's teaching kids that people can look different and there's nothing wrong with that. So I'll have more on the new lego friends line and how to exploring our differences, even our emotional ones tomorrow. So Georgia back to you fascinating report, I can't wait to see tomorrow's installment