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Thursday, November 6, 2003
Today's list includes 29 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) W3C criticizes antirobot tests -- technique shuts out the visually impaired
(Accessibility / Technology) Latest 508 survey released
# (Achievement) NPR Radio: A Life Less Ordinary -- Erik Weihenmayer was first blind man atop Mt. Everest
# (Advocacy) RIIL Webcast November 10: "Enhancing Self-Esteem in Women with Physical Disabilities"
# (Death penalty) Mentally Ill Packed Off to Death Row

Alabama
(Community living) Home for retarded won't get hearing

California
# (Advocacy / Education) Scotts Valley woman continues school battle: Sister pushes for disabled sibling to get education
(Misc) State details impact of cuts

Colorado
(Misc) Mill levy increase for Jeffco's mentally retarded wins big

Connecticut
# (Contribution) New wheelchair may be too costly

Florida
# (Employment /Laws) Don't focus on past in job search

Georgia
(Death penalty) Classmates recall taunting of killer facing death -- Johnny Lee Gates

Indiana
(Children) ARC Child Life Center fits the bill for developmentally delayed child
(Death penalty) Martinsville murderer gets death sentence -- defense said Tommy R. Pruitt "has the I.Q. of a 12- or 13-year-old"

Iowa
# (Laws / Advocacy) University of Iowa Law prof cited for disability work

Massachusetts
# (Institutions / Advocacy) Protesters in Canton say MNA disingenuous

Nevada
(Misc) More fed aid sought for states' mental health programs

North Carolina
(Death penalty) New hearing ordered in Ronald Lee "Sam" Pugh case -- jury should decide if he has mental retardation
(Death penalty) Rally calls for executions to halt -- Timothy Keel "was mentally ill, mentally retarded"
(Institutions) State Secretary of HHS Praises New CCRC Groundbreaking

Pennsylvania
(Transportation - not specific to disabilities) Transportation authority seeking state approval of fare increases

South Dakota
(Misc) November celebrated as Home care, hospice month

Texas
(Death penalty) Texas Jury to Deliberate in Kids' Deaths -- jury to decide whether defendants are "mentally competent"

Washington
(Crime / Education) Student arrested in autistic youth's harassment

Wyoming
(Misc) Health officials defend higher budget

INTERNATIONAL

Scotland
(Crime) Miss X social work boss quits

Singapore
(Families) Mum appeals to President: Don't jail me

Taiwan
(Children) Iraqi boy gets new arm and leg

United Kingdom
(?) Extra! Extra! -- unusual-looking people have been valued by the movies since cinema was invented

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