A positive step forward’: Mattel launches first blind Barbie.

Toymaker created the doll, which carries a cane, to create a ‘sense of belonging’ for children with vision impairment
Six decades after the original Barbie hit shelves, Mattel is launching its first blind Barbie doll in an effort to make its range more inclusive.
The US toymaker said the doll, which is now available online and instore, has been created in a bid to make blind and low-vision children more represented within society.

FEROZEPUR: Like every citizen of the country has a unique Aadhar card ID, on the same lines, the department of empowerment of persons with disabilities of the ministry of social justice and impowerment has also provided a unique ID for the disabled. The UDID card is recognized as a proof  of disability by the government of India. This means that PwDs can use their UDID card to access various government schemes and benefits such as financial assistance, healthcare services, education, and employment.

Khedkar also said his daughter has “a certain category of mental illness which was also verified by medical professionals before the disability certificate was issued

Days after his daughter IAS probationary officer Puja Khedkar, who is facing an investigation for misuse of power and violation of rules of appointment, her father retired bureaucrat Dilip Khedkar spoke up in her defence. Khedkar, who retired from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), in 2020, claimed his daughter was a victim of a conspiracy being hatched to target his family by “someone”.

Kolkata: In a first in Bengal, the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) published a Braille version of the Constitution of India, said Vice-Chancellor, Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti.
The Braille Constitution will empower the  visually-impaired students,”Chakrabarti added.
PhD scholar at WBNUJS, Arnab Roy, who is part of the initiative, said they would also convert other reading materials to benefit such students.

New Training Program for Visually Impaired Women Cricketers Launched in Delhi

On Tuesday, a new training program for visually impaired women and girls was launched in Delhi. This initiative, called ‘Training in Blind Cricket for Visually Impaired Girls and Women in Delhi,’ is a collaboration between the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI), and Cricket Association for the Blind in Delhi (CABD). The program aims to train 50 visually impaired girls and women in cricket over three months.