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Thursday, November 6, 2003
Today's list includes 29 items.
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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
(?)
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