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Children play with Braille Bricks on the floor as a way to learn Braille and have fun.

Lego to launch Braille Bricks for children with visual impairments

Education

The toys are designed to help children who are blind or visually impaired learn the Braille system of reading and writing, where characters of the alphabet are represented by raised dots.

Hong Seo-yoon says travel is a great way to bring down barriers between people with disabilities and the nondisabled.

Bringing down barriers for travelers with disabilities in Korea

Lifestyle & Belief
Two-year-old Lula-Belle Butler-Wenlock-Simpson, right, who was born with heart problems and underwent open-heart surgery, poses with a Special Friends doll whose scar mirrors her own.

‘Special Friends’ dolls reflect the lives of children with special needs

Education
A man with no legs sits in a wheelchair in his living room

A heavy-duty wheelchair expands mobility in post-war Colombia

Science & Technology
a woman with her left leg amputated at the knee sits in a doorway

For Filipinos with disabilities, climate change and natural disasters are a dangerous mix

Climate Change
Razia, who has an intellectual disability and difficulties with speech, is depicted with her back to the camera looks out and wearing traditional patterns from India.

‘Give her a voice’: Activists say women with disabilities in India need independence

Women & Gender

In India, women with disabilities are particularly at risk for sexual assault. A report from Human Rights Watch details the stigma that these women face.

A girl named Kajal walks during mobility training at the Bihar Natraheen Parishad, or Bihar School for Blind Girls, in Patna, India, in 2009.

How do you make walking easier for people who are blind? Put submarine tech in a cane

Technology

India is home to one-third of the world’s blind people, and students in Delhi may have a solution to help them navigate the streets: a cane that uses sonar to alert them to obstacles.India is home to one-third of the world’s blind people, and students in Delhi may have a solution to help them navigate the streets: a cane that uses sonar to alert them to obstacles.

The World

Twenty years of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Conflict & Justice

President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law 20 years ago. To take stock of how much has changed, and how far we still have to go, John Hockenberry joins us. Hockenberry was paralyzed from the chest down when he was 19.

Oscar Pistorius takes the stand, apologizes to Steenkamp’s family

Conflict & Justice

There were tears and sobs from South African athlete Oscar Pistorius as he took the witness stand and apologized to Reeva Steenkamp’s family. Pistorius is on trial for Steenkamp’s murder. There were tears and sobs from South African athlete Oscar Pistorius as he took the witness stand and apologized to Reeva Steenkamp’s family. Pistorius is on trial for Steenkamp’s murder.

Moscow's pedestrian underpasses technically have ramps, but you wouldn't want to go down them in a wheelchair. Some of them are pitched at a 45 degree angle.

Russians are turning out like never before for Paralympians in Sochi

Sports

It’s somewhat surprising that Russians are turning out in such numbers to see the Paralympics in Sochi. Even five years ago, that probably wouldn’t have been the case, a disability rights advocate says. Russia’s disabled have to be “everyday paralympians” just to get around.