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Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Today's list includes 31 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) Governor Dean Endorses Coelho's Call For Action for Disability Rights, Employment
# (Community living) HHS Launches National Home Health Quality Initiative
(Misc) CDC study says vaccines are safe; critics allege 'fraud' in results

Florida
(Accessibility / Voting - not specific to disabilities) Touch-Screen Voting Could Present Problem for Floridians
# (Employment / Education) Autistic Students Earn Pay Check Text summary with link to streaming video story
(Misc) Homes for disabled hit hard
(Misc) Cuts could put 10,000 disabled adults at risk

Kentucky
# (Sports) Boy beats autism to earn black belt

Louisiana
(Advocacy / Laws) "Advocacy Center helps with legal aid" column by Jane Pic Adams

Maryland
(Safety) Unidentified Boy Found Wandering Street

Minnesota
(Service animals) Graduation ceremony goes to the dogs

Missouri
(Crime) Hospitals battle wheelchair theft

New Jersey
# (Institutions) Matthew's Law would limit use of restraints

New York
(Crime) Man is accused of killing cousin in her apartment

Ohio
# (Community living) "Caregivers could use some help themselves" column by Deborah Kendrick

Oregon
(Crime)Milwaukie man convicted of sex abuse

Pennsylvania
(Crime / Abuse) Group home worker fired; assault alleged

Tennessee
(Awareness) Contest aims to raise epilepsy awareness

Washington
(Community living) Seek respite care for 78-year-old full-time caregiver
# (Crime) Bethel H.S. racial complaint being investigated
# (Families) Lynnwood girl's abilities shine past disability in group's calendar
(Sports) Tough time tougher teen

Wisconsin
(?) Rehabilitation on a roll -- prisoners refurbish wheelchairs
(Community living) County Board's logic on services flawed
(Misc) Brown County human services programs get reprieve

INTERNATIONAL

Canada
Ontario
# (Advocacy / Children) "It's time to act on report on province's neglect of special-needs children" column by Helen Henderson

England
# (Arts) Disabled arts festival for London
(Criminal justice system) Disabled man jailed for robberies

India
(Education - special) Diploma course for autistic children

United Kingdom
(Criminal justice system / Institutions) Scandal of asylums that lock up the sane
(Misc) MMR Doctor fears epidemic

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