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Today's list includes 61 items.

UNITED STATES

U.S. Genetic Discrimination Ban Advances

U.S. MiCASSA Event Teleconference June 5

Arizona (Education) High school Buddies look past disabilities

California (Accessibility / Laws) Lawsuits are his weapon; Disability activist sets his sights on wineries

California (Advocacy / Community living) Protesters blast proposed cuts to health services

California (Education / Abuse) Family files claim against county; Boy allegedly sexually molested on school bus

California (Wrongful life?)Colb: Better to Have Never Been Born?

California (Families) Ten Years Later

Colorado Program for disabled kids closes

Florida (Abuse / Laws) A silent mother, a fetus, and a state's prerogative

Florida (Abuse / Laws) Jeb Bush uses disabled woman as agenda’s pawn

Florida (Education - segregated) Long road, happy destination: graduation

Illinois (Arts / Achievement) Disability doesn’t stop Erie student from success

Illinois (Crime) Autopsy: Woman strangled

Illinois (Education) Students Use Hand Signals to Show Teachers They Are Ready to Learn; Teachers Respond Without Realizing

Indiana (Abuse) Ex-group home worker found guilty of sexually assaulting cerebral palsy patient he impregnated.

Iowa (Self-determination) AARP says disabled Americans want greater consumer choice

Kansas (Employment / Laws) Federal court decision could impact MDA camps nationwide

Kansas (Employment) Survey: Employers Not Using Tax Incentives to Hire Disabled

Kansas (Families) Two 'orphan' best friends and their longshot plan: to find new families

Kentucky Beaven inducted into Hall of Fame

Maine (Institutions) Sex offender facility won't go to Strong

Maryland (Accessibility / Leisure) Making the sea accessible

Maryland (Institutions) Rosewood escape prompts call for security probe

Massachusetts (Employment) Equal opportunity employer: Stop & Shop manager honored by SNCARC

Massachusetts (Institutions) Fernald backers present report, says community setting not always cheaper (pro-institution perspective)

Michigan (Awareness) Kids see, feel what disabled students face

Missouri Joplin Regional Center reacts to Governor's possible veto

Missouri (Crime) Three face separate sexual assault trials

Mississippi (Crime) Disabled, Elderly Fear Crime Wave

Nevada (Crime) Baley's keyboard stolen from restaurant

Nevada (Crime) Support pours out for popular pianist whose keyboard was stolen

New Hampshire (Employment - Sheltered workshops) Bancroft to shut manufacturing plant

New York (Education) Birth defect is no obstacle for teacher

New York (Laws) Judge shows leniency to vegans who starved child

Ohio (Abuse) Caretaker is charged for neglect

Ohio (Death penalty) Death sentence is jury's decision for '93 rioter -- James Were

Ohio (Education - inclusive) Teacher wins award for work with special education students

Ohio (Families) Sick baby still can't go home

Pennsylvania (Advocacy / Transportation) Transit riders rail against proposed service cuts and fare increases

Pennsylvania (Education - special) Independence aim of life skills class

Rhode Island (Sports) Pisano will go great distances in pursuit of his athletic goals Providence Journal registration required

Texas (Death penalty) Trial court ordered to consider possible retardation of Bobby Wayne Woods

Texas (Employment) Unicorn Center helps mentally disabled learn job skills

Texas (Families) Partners in Parenting reaches out to others

Texas (Institutions) Idea of closing mental facilities is blasted (pro-institution perspective)

Texas (Transportation) Budget crunch threatens to pull wheels off Saturday Citibus runs

Virginia (Death penalty) Execution set for possibly retarded man

Wisconsin Local women recognized for writing by Council on Developmental Disabilities

Wisconsin (Abuse) School bus safety important

Wisconsin (Advocacy / Accessibility) Wheeled crusader sparks changes at WWTC

INTERNATIONAL

United Nations (Advocacy) Committee on the Rights of the Child Reviews Second Periodic Report of Cyprus

Canada -- British Columbia (Education) Appeal ruling hailed by autism advocates

Canada -- Ontario (Families) Distraught mom says pleas for help ignored

Canada -- Ontario (Sports) Madill's Phelan beats odds

England (Accessibility) Access All Areas

India (Transportation / Accessibility) Concessions, facilities for disabled in trains

India Insensitivity adds to their disability: Man set himself on fire after taunting

Malawi 'Mad man' killed by crowd for scorching man to death

Pakistan Mentally retarded girl found dead in hospital

Wales 24 bites and 200 stitches, but boy, 8, home after dog attack

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