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Monday, July 7, 2003
Today's list includes 54 items. Some sites may require registration.
Editor's picks -- those considered particularly interesting, newsworthy or well-written -- are noted by the number sign (#).

UNITED STATES
(Accessibility / Technology) General Services Administration gets help with assistive technology
# (Community living) HHS failing to ensure quality for home- and community-based long-term care, report says

California
(Advocacy / Transportation) Santa Cruz Metro seeks rider input
(Crime) Motorcyclist faces charges over crash

Connecticut
# (Families / Churches) Disabled Girl Has First Communion After Two Refusals

Florida
(Laws / Abuse) Public guardians protect interests of those who can't -- J.D.S case mentioned

Hawaii
(Criminal justistice system / Institutions) Psychiatric inmates settle lawsuit

Louisiana
(Awareness / Arts) Jane Pic: Disability awareness is focus of art show
# (Death penalty) Proving retardation will take some brains

Maine
(Community living / Accessibility) Christian youths plan community service jobs -- building wheelchair ramps

Massachusetts
(Community living) Fund for tax relief is in poor shape

Michigan
(Accessibility / Technology) MSU Credit union installs audio-guided ATMs
(Families) Wayland parents form special needs support group

Minnesota
(Children / Health care) Ill children lose state help after cuts
(Community living) ‘John is my hero’ -- care provider saved man from burning van
(Sports / Awareness) Girls at basketball camps learn from wheelchair athletes

Missouri
(Accessibility / Laws) Penalties on parking violations may rise
(Families) Mother of 4 autistic kids says budget cuts will hurt

Montana
(Accessibility / Advocacy) Letter from teen: Wheelchair access

New Jersey
# (Advocacy) Essay's special, and so is author
(Employment / Laws) No-show jobs firestorm goes to grand jury

New York
# (Community living / Laws) Bazelon Center: Lawsuit Seeks Community Integration of Thousands of New Yorkers with Mental Illnesses
# (Community living/ Laws) Disability Advocates, Inc. v. Pataki
(Employment / Health care) State to offer disabled care option -- Medicaid buy-in
# (Sports) New Pride of Yankees -- Curtis Pride was born deaf

Ohio
(Abuse) MRDD clients still waiting for protections
(Death penalty) Twenty years after crime, convicted killer escapes execution again -- Lewis Williams, Jr

Oregon
# (Employment) Staffing agency finds the right night owl for the job

Pennsylvania
(Abuse) Disabled Woman's Driver Fired, Facing Charges
(Abuse) Driver Says She's Being Unfairly Singled Out
(Accessibility / Voting) Officials set to drop the lever on old voting machines
(Accessibility / Recreation - segregated) New course caters to extraordinary golfers
(Churches) Providing spiritual care for adults with special needs
(Crime) Chiropractor pleads guilty to fraud

Tennessee
(Community living / Laws) Gov. Bredesen hopes to undo 'mess' in services for retarded
(Community living / Laws) Sole-source state contracts studied

Wisconsin
# (Criminal justice system / Institutions) Do we need a mental health court? Judges, advocates disagree

INTERNATIONAL

Australia
(Bioethics) Genetic elite unravel life's secrets

Bangladesh
(Education / Technology) 'Introduce Braille education'

Canada
British Columbia
(Crime) Girl's wheelchair stolen
Ontario
(Families) Project Hope born of need
(Housing) Eves government to create 205 new living spaces for people with developmental disabilities

England
# (Advocacy / Bioethics) The New Eugenics
(Education - special / Families) Long battle to help Alex
# (Families) Growing up with disability
(Families / Laws) Disabled boy denied nappies

India
# (Institutions) Six children among 17 killed in 3 months in Delhi asylum

Northern Ireland
# (Advocacy / Laws) Call for better disabled rights

Saudi Arabia
(Awareness / Education) Learning Disability Workshop for Teachers

Scotland
(Laws) Cannabis case woman 'overdoses' -- Elizabeth Ivol
(Laws) Woman repeats suicide vow -- Elizabeth Ivol

United Kingdom
(Employment) Safeway announces disabled worker fast-track
(Laws) Disabled woman panicked by letters

Wales
# (Advocacy / Children) Youngsters tackle disability issues

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