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Thursday, October 30, 2003
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UNITED STATES
# (Employment)
HHS to Award
Individuals During Celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness
Month
(Families)
My Turn: Reaching
the Point of No Return in Public
(Health care)
Bush
Spurs on Medicare Bill Negotiators
# (History)
Study
raises doubts about FDR's polio
(Technology)
Apple:
Universal Access; User Friendly
Alaska
(Employment / Self-determination)
Job fair
planned for young people with disabilities
Arizona
(Families)
The
legacy of abuse
Connecticut
(Institutions - nursing homes)
Pond
Point rescue attempted
Florida
# (Employment / Laws)
Mention
disability after job is offered
# (Employment / Health care)
Program
gives ailing workers a healing hand
(Misc)
Palm
Beach diversity fund awards grants to 20 nonprofits
Georgia
(Safety)
Autistic
Boy Missing in DeKalb
Illinois
# (Employment)
Disability
Mentoring Day a success
Indiana
# (Institutions - nursing homes)
Woman
finds getting a photo ID card not an easy task
Iowa
# (Employment)
Lee County
employers rave about hires through vocational program
Kansas
# (Accessibility / Laws)
Fair loses
ADA appeal
# (Accessibility / Laws)
Court: Fair
not accessible to handicapped
Kentucky
(Health care)
State to
levy health care benefit fee
Maine
# (Families / Community living)
Event gives older
caregivers ideas about finding support
Massachusetts
(Crime)
Jury
finds man not guilty of raping 'mentally challenged' woman
New York
(Abuse)
Bus
driver accused of striking autistic teen
(Criminal justice system)
Robert
Durst victim an old meanie, jury is told -- defense says he has Asperger
syndrome
(Recreation - segregated)
Rec
center for autistic kids
Ohio
# (Crime)
Beating
shocks Hillsboro
(Misc)
Helping
out at Hopewell - MRDD services levy will allow Hopewell programs to
continue
Oregon
(Crime)
Rapist
gets eight-year sentence -- Guy Mario Oddo hid his developmentally disabled
girlfriend and infant
Tennessee
(Institutions - nursing homes)
Sprinklers
in nursing homes may cost taxpayers $13M
Virginia
# (Awareness / Advocacy)
Tech, student raise
disability awareness
Washington
(Health care)
Diagnosis
of Mental Illness Hinges on Doctor As Much As Symptoms
Wisconsin
(Misc)
Brown
County human services programs get reprieve
INTERNATIONAL
Europe
# (Eugenics)
Abortion laws 'to be
challenged' -- groups hope new EU constitution stops 'eugenic'
abortions
Australia
(Sports)
Marathon
charity feat moves on
Canada
Ontario
(Accessibility / Transportation)
Ruling
adds to price tag of railway's new cars
England
(Advocacy)
Ali
G complaint upheld -- TV show made fun of people with disabilities
India
(?)
Report:
Indian Agrees to Marry Sisters -- marrying "handicapped" sister considered
humane
Malaysia
# (Technology)
Technology
that would help the blind
Scotland
(Recreation)
Disabled get
chance at horseplay
Sweden
(Health care)
Swedish
health care sector in dire need of manpower
United Kingdom
# (Accessibility / Laws)
Football
Association offers clubs guidance on forthcoming disability act
#
(Bioethics) Down's
breakthrough -- scientists says Down syndrome can be 'cured'
# (Crime)
Talking
eyes to target criminals -- cameras to catch illegal parkers
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