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Thursday, February 19, 2004
Today's list includes 49 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 / Education) Editorial: Small decision illuminates big ones -- Dept. of Education limits closed-captions
(Bioethics / Eugenics) The Bear's Lair: Aborting the next boom?
(Bioethics / Eugenics) Supersize Your Child?
(Health care) Editorial: The Health of Nations New York Times registration required - free
(Misc) The inequality dogma
# (Politics) Do the Candidates Embrace Disability Issues? by N.O.D. disability columnist John M. Williams

Arizona
(Families / Children) Fostering special-needs kids tough, rewarding

California
# (Accessibility / Technology) Outreach Award presented at Assistive Technology Awards ceremony
(Families) Disabled Kids A Family's Treasure
(Technology) Senator Burton receives civic leader award
(Technology) Cyberlink brings sci-fi to people with disabilities
(Technology) Jouquin Campos brings Assistive Technology to Latino community

Florida
(Advocacy / Laws) Future of end-of-life laws unclear in the Legislature -- Terri Schiavo
(Awareness) A Month Devoted to Awareness, Announces the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
(Families) Burned-out family is getting settled

Illinois
# (Contribution / Sports) At Thornton, this chair sits as an honor
(Education - special) Retired special education teacher still works with students
# (Employment / Achievement) Blind woman sales real estate for 20 years by disability issues reporter Karen Meyer
(Sports) These players got game

Michigan
(Crime) County fires library official; Director of Wayne facility for blind, disabled secretly served prison term for sex offense

Minnesota
# (Achievement) Amputee climber headed for Everest, with help from Duluth-made prostheses
# (Advocacy / Sports) Jean Driscoll by Disabilities columnist Daniel J. Vance

Missouri
# (Advocacy / Community living) Hundreds rally for disabled rights

Montana
(Misc) State looking for guidance on mental health issues

Nebraska
(Health care) Nebraskan opposes Bush Medicaid proposal

New York
# (Accessibility / Travel) Fairer treatment of the disabled
(Education - special) Students and Records Overlooked in Special Education Overhaul New York Times registration required - free
# (Recreation) Wheelchair hunting season sought
(Transportation) Budget cuts pull plug on Call-N-Ride service

North Carolina
(Misc - not specific to disabilities) ID thieves may find gold in old computers

Pennsylvania
# (Advocacy / Transportation) Activist to lead transit service forum tonight

South Dakota
(Misc) Tax reduction available for some

Tennessee
(Health care) Proposed limits on TennCare prompt a wave of worries
(Institutions - nursing homes) House advances nursing home safety measure

Texas
(Crime / Institutions - nursing homes) Nursing home sweep results in seven arrests

Utah
(Education - special) Vouchers for disabled survive skeptical panel
(Education) No Child Left Behind comes into focus

Virginia
# (Contribution) Determination fuels wheelchair

Washington
(Children / Safety) DSHS gets failing grades in U.S. review of child safety
(Crime) Spokane Valley man's beloved trike stolen Spokesman-Review registration required - free

INTERNATIONAL

Australia
(Bioethics / Eugenics) Australian Clinic Uses IVF to Search out and Destroy Embryos With Cancer Gene

Bosnia
(Children) Readers' generosity breaks £40,000

England
(Institutions) Home for disabled to close

Ghana
(Advocacy) Annual Presentation of Budget is Colonial Legacy - S.P.A Adamu

Guernsey
(Accessibility) Calls for better disabled access

Morocco
(Misc) King Mhammed VI launches construction of mental rehab center in Essaouira

Pakistan
(Misc) Plan On Cards To Rehabilitate The Disabled

Wales
(Accessibility / Laws) Disabled protest over parking fees

Zimbabwe
# (Misc) New Study Sheds Light On Lives of Disabled

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