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Friday, February 20, 2004
Today's list includes 36 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 / Community living) ADAPT: Another, different, way you can help push for MiCASSA hearings
# (Advocacy / Community living) JFA: Bush Budget Shortchanges Money Follows the Person
# (Children / Education) Parents urge Senate not to vote on special education law: Credibility of President's education agenda rests with I.D.E.A. reauthorization
(Education) Education law is adjusted for English learners -- No Child Left Behind
# (Voting / Accessibility) DOJ press release: Justice Dept. releases guide to improving accessibility of polling places for disabled voters

Alaska
(Health care) House subcommittee proposes $89 million in Medicaid cuts

Arizona
(Children) Piano lessons expand foster kids' hearts, minds

California
(Education - special) Special ed is truly special

Connecticut
(Health care) Lawmakers Would Repeal Medicaid Co-Pay Rules Hartford Courant registration required - free
# (Housing) Housing Conflict Discussed At Hearing Hartford Courant registration required - free

Florida
(Advocacy / Laws) Editorial: Head off more Terri Schiavos
(Community living) Playing the Blame Game -- DCF and service providers
# (Criminal justice system / Crime) Overdose may have been forced -- police say roommates have developmental disabilities
# (Voting / Accessibility) Plan has staff at polls decide which voters are disabled

Illinois
# (Community living / Families) Evanston home helps disabled live on own Chicago Tribune Registration required - free
(Institutions) Mental health experts wary of losing center Chicago Tribune Registration required - free

Kentucky
# (Employment) Worker touches hearts

Minnesota
# (Community living) State spent $790 million in '03 to keep retarded citizens living at home, report says

Nevada
(Death penalty / Criminal justice system) Man whose car injured trooper pleads guilty
(Institutions - nursing homes) Veterans services: Legislators laud director of agency

New Jersey
# (Advocacy / Accessibility) Students protest as college blocks parking
(Misc) Experts fear mental health care will fall through funding gaps

New York
# (Advocacy / Laws) State not liable in right-to-die lawsuit, court rules

Ohio
(Misc) MR/DD board in need of funds
(Misc) Crawford County MR-DD Board seeks money
(Misc) Portage County MRDD seeks 0.9-mill levy

Pennsylvania
(Death penalty / Criminal justice system) Lawyers in homicide case want to ban statements

South Carolina
(Crime / Health care) State suspects more cases of Medicaid fraud

Tennessee
(Health care) TennCare plan stirs drug lobby

Virginia
# (Advocacy) Mental Health Advocates Descend on Richmond

Wisconsin
(Health care) State's Medical Assistance debt at center of fray

INTERNATIONAL

Australia
# (Institutions / Health care) Bed crisis blamed for deaths

England
(Accessibility / Laws) Disabled parking problems solved

Scotland
# (Education) Perthshire school pupil to star in own TV programme

Taiwan
(Misc) Activist group pushes tandem caregiver plan

United Kingdom
# (Advocacy / Accessibility) 'Don't ignore disabled' - CBI chief by BBC disability affairs reporter Geoff Adams-Spink

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