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Thursday, October 16, 2003
Today's list includes 36 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
# (Bioethics) Presidential Panel Outlines Biotech's Moral Quandaries
# (Community living) The New Freedom Commission’s Report To Shape Mental Health Policy in Years Ahead
# (Employment) 10 Honorees Receive Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao’s New Freedom Initiative Award
# (Health care) News release: HHS Announces Medicare Premium and Deductible Rates for 2004
(Health care) GOP House, Senate leaders agree on plan to help vets

California
# (Accessibility / Laws) Three Laws Help Increase Access For People With Disabilities
# (Advocacy / Accessibility) Success Story: Leroy Rogers Finding funding for accessible ramp
# (Technology) ScanSoft, Teltronics and 1450 Inc. Team to Enable Speech-Based Accessibility Solutions for Individuals With Disabilities

Georgia
(Abuse - not specific to disabilities) DFCS begins retraining child welfare workers
(Misc) Child health care survives DHR cuts

Illinois
# (Arts) Theatre workshop trains students with different disabilities
# (Recreation) Chair dancing helps people with different abilities exercise

Iowa
# (Employment) Program renewed, will help disabled

Kansas
# (Employment) Mentoring day lets disabled experience life on the job
(Laws / Crime) ACLU blasts Kline on gay sex issues -- convict and victim were residents of group home

Kentucky
(Advocacy) Rally at Capitol protests cuts to Medicaid
# (Employment) Mentally challenged youths learning real-world skills

Massachusetts
(Housing - not specific to disabilities) Lawmakers want to broaden definition of affordable housing

New Jersey
# (Voting / Accessibility) New voting machines set for April

New Mexico
(Awareness) Young actor transformed for, by 'Flowers for Algernon'

New York
# (Community living) Community Board 5 Rejects New Group Home In Glendale

North Carolina
# (Abuse) Health board criticized

Ohio
(Misc) Delaware County pays to care for a disabled illegal alien

Pennsylvania
# (Children / Recreation) Karate kid fights with his heart
# (Employment / Laws) Case could affect workers who party too long -- Hernandez v. Raytheon

Rhode Island
(Education - special) Narragansett School District set to reorganize its central administration Providence Journal registration required - free

South Dakota
(Laws) Disability issue settled in Minnehaha County -- father not denied custody because of his disability

Texas
# (Crime / Education) Special-ed teacher gets prison for assaulting ex-student
(Criminal justice system) Two Gee brothers to undergo competency testing
# (Death penalty) Why Is Doil Lane Still on Death Row?

Virginia
(Education - special)Fairfax schools defend special ed

INTERNATIONAL

England
# (Accessibility / Recreation) Enjoying the great outdoors in a wheelchair
# (Accessibility / Laws) Trouble in store for shops which snub the disabled

Scotland
(Sports) McFadden probe confirmed

Wales
(Crime) Vandals destroy disabled bus

Zimbabwe
(Advocacy) MP calls for establishment of national mental health policy

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