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Thursday, January 8, 2004
Today's list includes 34 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) JFA Action alert: U.N. Treaty on Disability Rights Needs Support
# (Education - special) Bush to Seek Another $2B for Education
# (Misc) Carol Moseley Braun's Response to AAPD Questionnaire

Alabama
(Education - special) Alabama funding among lowest for special ed, magazine says - No Child Left Behind

California
(Children) The language of love needs few words
(Crime) Ex-Driver, OCTA Sued in Rape Case Los Angeles Times registration required
(Education - special) Clovis Unified OKs special-education plan

Colorado
# (Criminal justice system) Denver cops make gains on nonlethal force
(Education - special) Report finds Colorado lagging behind in special needs student spending - No Child Left Behind

Florida
(Misc) DCF: Providers for disabled taking advantage of system

Guam
(Transportation / Accessibility) Judge weighs transit case

Illinois
(Families) Brain-injury victims, families struggle with altered personality

Iowa
(Health care) Lawmakers again to try cutting Medicaid outlay

Kentucky
(Institutions - nursing homes) Bills would increase nursing-home staff

Maryland
(Institutions) Shore Life (pro-institution perspective)

Michigan
(Advocacy) George Jackson: Disabled man led fight for rights
(Children / Families) Michigan Child Welfare: Serving special kids
(Children / Families) How to get help for developmentally disabled kids

New Hampshire
(Health care / Institutions - nursing homes) Benson to head D.C. trip in search of Medicaid money

New Jersey
# (Education - special) Black students likelier to be given special ed

North Carolina
(Advocacy) County to give update on mental health reform; group opposes plan
(Community living) Board members lambasted -- neighborhood says group home residents wander unsupervised
(Education - special) Report says N.C. struggling to educate disabled students - No Child Left Behind

Oregon
# (Advocacy) A hero for disabled people
(Safety) Storm strands the cold, sick and hungry

Pennsylvania
# (Institutions / Children) Residents oppose facility for juveniles with special needs
(Safety) Women hit by car at rehab center

South Dakota
(Health care / Children) Health care advocates prepare to defend costs

Tennessee
# (Families) Painful crossroad; How can parents who are devoted to a disabled child deal with old age?

Texas
(Criminal justice system) Gee Brothers Accused of Raping Bedridden Mother
(Death penalty) Ruling next month on mental retardation issue -- Jose Alfredo Rivera has IQ of 68

Utah
(Death penalty) Convicted murderer seeks to withdraw plea -- defense says Morris T. Mullins has mental retardation

INTERNATIONAL

China
(Children) Sex education for mentally handicapped children starts

England
# (Crime) Brenda Rowley backs care campaign

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