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Monday, November 17, 2003
Today's list includes 40 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 / Laws) U.S. Justice Department announces consent decreee with AMC Entertainment, Inc.
(Health care) Mental health system needs major therapy, Congress told
(Health care) Dems Cool to GOP's Medicare Drug Plan
(Misc) Doctor: Hinckley's Mental Health Improving

Arkansas
# (Education - segregated) Rockefellers start school to educate special kids

California
(Health care) Mental health care lags
# (Technology / Community living) Success Story: Russell Rawlings, Sacramento
# (Technology) High-Tech Systems Help Orient People with Visual Impairments

Florida
# (Technology) Study uses mobile technology to try to connect with autistic

Hawaii
(Families) Family activities ease boy’s disorder

Illinois
# (Accessibility / Laws) Chicago Bears defend arena access
(Education) Student helps partially blind, autistic classmate

Iowa
# (Awareness) Local author writes about Tourette’s experiences
(Education) Editorial: Feds don't get Iowa

Kentucky
(Community living) Florida picks Almost Family in test to cut Medicaid costs
(Health care) Shortfall in state Medicaid growing worse

Louisiana
# (Advocacy) Self-help program deals with disabilities -- People First of Louisiana column by Jane Pic

Minnesota
# SKYWAY NEWS SERIES:
(Community living) Opening the Doors
(Community living) A relic of mental illness becomes a neighborhood fixture
(Criminal justice system) Mental Health Court: trying to stop the revolving door
(Employment) Drawn to the light -- Mike Davenport, downtown employee
(Self-advocacy) When those with mental disabilities speak for themselves
(Self-advocacy) Affirmative actions -- John Rischmiller, self-advocate

New York
(Community living) Global villages where everyone is challenged -- Camphill

North Carolina
(Community living) Medicaid must pay for nurse, judge says

Oregon
(Euthanasia) Man who lost state aid cut off from ventilator

Pennsylvania
# (Service animals) Service dog helps 4-year-old autistic child

Washington
(Families) Families in difficult times get a helping hand

INTERNATIONAL

Australia
(Advocacy) Disabled artists claim discrimination

Barbados
# (Accessibility / Advocacy) Blind Spot -- plant pots on sidewalks presents hazards to blind people

Canada
Alberta
(Technology) High-tech van to help disabled drivers
Ontario
# (Advocacy / Laws) Workshop offers lawyers insight into disability issues column by Helen Henderson
Saskatchewan
(Community living / Accessibility) New group home being built in Nipawin

England
(Awareness) Disabled man starts Atlantic row
# (Awareness) A postive approach to bringing down barriers
(Eugenics) Screen Tests: Weeding Out the Unborn -- As Prenatal Diagnosis Rises, Abortion Often Follows

Ireland
(Misc) ESRI calls for clarity on disability services

Italy
(Advocacy) UN ceremony honors Italy for helping the disabled

United Kingdom
(Misc) How doctors turned Julie into a twitching, bloated wreck -- medications over-used for Asperger syndrome

Wales
# (Accessibility / Laws) Deaf woman's anger over concert

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