• Opinion
  • 15 Jul 2022
  • 1 min read

What’s missing in govt’s plan to secure ‘accessibility’ for persons with disabilities

The Draft National Policy for Persons with Disabilities lays down specific commitments, but fails to account for three crucial factors.

This opinion was published in The Print on July 15, 2022.

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Damini Ghosh (Lead, Disability Inclusion & Access)

Damini Ghosh leads the Disability Inclusion and Access practice at Vidhi where she focuses on improving the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 using law as a catalyst and by generating legal awareness. Damini joined Vidhi in 2017 where, initially, she handled commissioned projects from several central ministries and regulatory bodies, involving legal research and legislative drafting in various areas of law, before shifting her focus to disability law and policy in 2021. Prior to joining Vidhi, Damini has worked at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Tuli & Co and at the Central Information Commission set up under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Damini graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2008 with a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and obtained her LL.M. degree in regulatory laws and policy from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2013.

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