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Monday, December 15, 2003
Today's list includes 48 items.
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UNITED STATES
(Health care)
New
Medicare Law Boosts Chronic Care
(Health care)
Going
once, twice: Nurses bid on shifts
Alabama
# (Community living / Laws)
Landmark Mental
Disability Lawsuit Ends After 33 Years
(Education)
Program
helps disabled MOVE
Arkansas
(Health care)
Medicare
Law Gives Bonuses for Good Care
Arizona
# (Crime)
Scooter
thief stole victim's mobility, not her resolve
California
(Accessibility / Advocacy)
Honors from
Disabilities Interest Group - UCSF
# (Advocacy / Community living)
Landmark
program in budget vise
# (Advocacy / Community living)
Activists
most disturbed by reversals on aid to children
# (Education - inclusive)
Autistic
student will not return to school
(Families)
Father
risks job to be with ill daughter
Florida
# (Advocacy)
Lawmakers
move to make withholding care tougher -- Terri Schiavo case
(Community
living)
Losing
hold of a shelter and a life they share
Hawaii
# (Accessibility / Technology)
Phone service
adds local touch
Louisiana
(Recreation)
Special
Populations programs are thriving
Massachusetts
(Education - special)
Progress
stalled for some students; Data shows special-needs pupils falling behind in 11
towns
(Laws)
Felton's
wife takes the stand in disability hearing
Minnesota
# (Voting / Accessibility)
Secure
voting an exciting and complex challenge
# (Voting / Accessibility)
Voting machines
for Minnesota's handicapped
Missouri
(Laws)
Prosecuting
attorney concludes complaint inquiry
New Jersey
(Crime)
Ex-Nurse
Says He Killed 30-40 Patients
New York
# (Advocacy / Voting)
Advocates want voting
machine improvements
(Employment)
Program
seeks to boost small business ownership among disabled
(Institutions -
nursing homes)
Subsidy to
ECMC facilities is $29 million
North Carolina
# (Abuse / Education)
Parents'
suit claims district was negligent
Ohio
(Death penalty)
Man's IQ faces
scrutiny -- Michael Bies on death row
(Education - segregated)
Autism
school may close
(Families / Health care)
Tri-state
Families Sacrifice To Care For Special Needs Kids
Pennsylvania
(Education - segregated)
New area
special school a step closer
(Laws)
Keys to
collecting disability
Tennessee
# (Accessibility / Laws)
Local
attorney to argue before Supreme Court -- Lane v. Tennessee
# (Advocacy
/ Health care)
TennCare
backers push medical tax
(Health care)
Despite
growing demand, mental health care costly
Texas
(Education
- special)
Special
educator named teacher of the year
Virginia
(Criminal
justice system)
Sniper
Survivors to Testify Vs. Lee Boyd Malvo to rebut insanity
defense
Washington, DC
# (Relationships)
Seeking
That Special Someone; Daters With Disabilities Washington Post registration
required - free
West Virginia
(Children)
West
Virginia to launch nation's first registry to track
autism
Wisconsin
(Institutions - nursing homes)
County-run
nursing homes to share $26 million
INTERNATIONAL
Australia
(Crime)
Epileptic
baby dead after medicine withheld
(Institutions - nursing homes/Crime)
Belted
to the loo in nursing home
Bahrain
(Misc)
Skills
boost for disabled
Canada
Newfoundland
(Institutions)
Family
waiting for answers in mum's death
England
(Accessibility /
Safety) Disabled
woman killed in fire
# (Crime / Abuse)
Mayor 'will tackle'
disabled abuse
Japan
(Institutions)
28
ex-Korean leprosy patients seek compensation for being forcibly
institutionalized
Pakistan
(Children)
Foundation
of Institute for the handicapped
Russia
(Institutions /
Children) Disabled Kids
Experience Spirit of the Season
Scotland
(Children / Health
care) Born
in poverty to lifetime of ill health
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