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Friday, August 29, 2003
Today's list includes 43 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
# (Advocacy) "2003 Hearne/AAPD Leadership Awards Application"
(Bioethics - not specific to disabilities) Frankensteins in the Pentagon -- how 'military bioengineering' is like Nazi eugenics
# (Eugenics) Hitler made eugenics famous, but he took it from United States

Connecticut
(Employment - sheltered workshops) A New Chapter For The Royal Book Building -- will house assembly line for Easter Seals

Florida
(Misc) DCF training questioned -- "Character First!" training has evangelical Christian roots

Hawaii
(Transportation) Handi-Van cutback strands disabled

Illinois
(Institutions - nursing homes) Panelists examine nursing-home crisis

Iowa
(Crime / Institutions) Fletcher pleads guilty to one lesser charge; trial is over

Kansas
# (Crime) Teen guilty in park beating -- Josh Graves case
# (Employment) New Web site available for disabled job-seekers, employers

Maine
(Health care) Spring Harbor to open first-in-Maine mental health/developmental disabilities program for youth

Massachusetts
(Institutions - real estate) TDC makes room for tenants -- wants to purchase former Paul Dever State School land

Minnesota
(Laws) Jury awards $4.8 million to Fergus Falls man for traffic accident injuries
# (Abuse) St. Paul mom charged with murder delays plea -- Raya Donagi case

Missouri
(Death penalty) State executions ruling defies high courts
(Death penalty) Amnesty International Applauds Missouri Supreme Court Ruling Against Juvenile Offender Executions

New Jersey
# (Accessibility / Housing) Washington Township man realizes dream of independence for himself and other developmentally disabled
(Crime) Florence Township man sentenced to 25 years for killing Washington Township Project Freedom resident

North Carolina
# (Arts) Show to feature area's creative artists
# (Education - inclusive) Lillington Educator Co-Authors Textbook On Teaching Disabled Students

Ohio
# (Abuse) Pair did `best,' lawyer says -- Edgar Vannoy case
(Death penalty) Attorneys say gang member who shot teen mother is mentally retarded

Oklahoma
(Employment) Rehabilitation services closes Shawnee office

Oregon
# (Families) Family sees silver lining in fragile X syndrome

Pennsylvania
# (Community living / NIMBY)Group home stance will cost South Strabane

Rhode Island
(Education - segregated) Bradley School's Wakefield campus officially opens Providence Journal registration required

Texas
(Community living) Services, jobs cut at Tarrant County MHMR

Utah
(Recreation - adaptive) Project Gain Taking Disabled Utahns to the Greens

Vermont
(Laws) Court: Vermont law can't block Net sex info -- nonprofit provides sexuality-related info for people with disabilities

Washington
# (Community living) Adult home care in liability crisis

Wisconsin
# (Abuse) Minister barred from exorcisms -- Terrance Cottrell Jr. case
(Community living) Grant pie gets harder to cut

INTERNATIONAL

Australia
(Transportation / Employment) Cabs ignore the calls of a needy customer

Canada
# (Education) Teachers diagnosing ADD in 50% of cases: study
Ontario
(Education - inclusive) Trying to touch as much of the world as possible
# (Education / Abuse) Human rights complaint of autistic boy puts focus on Ont. Safe Schools Act

England
(Sports / Children) Special needs tennis is a smash hit

India
# (Families) Mother's desperate plea raises doubts

Israel
(Community living / Families) Treasury drops its demands for taxes on foreign caregivers

Malta
(Community living) Collaboration agreement

Namibia
(Families) One boy's story -- mom tossed around by bureaucratic bumbles

Scotland
(Crime) Pervert's disabled victim, 15 tells court of painful ordeal
# (Employment / Abuse) Manager 'called worker a spastic'

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