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Thursday, March 25, 2004
Today's list includes 45 items. Some sites may require registration.
Editor's picks -- those considered particularly interesting, newsworthy or well-written -- are noted by the number sign (#).

Links are listed alphabetically by country, then by state, province or territory.
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Canada
Oman
United Kingdom
United States

CANADA
British Columbia

(Awareness / Children) Building better friendships

OMAN
# (Education - inclusion) Indus School is taking students with learning disabilities without extra charge

UNITED KINGDOM
England

# (Contribution / Achievement) Disabled oarsman raises £20,000
(Crime) Daughter killed disabled mother
(Families / Education) Teenager wins bid to return home
(Sports) Fulham launch disability scheme
(Transportation) Shock as Red Cross loses Dial-a-Ride
Northern Ireland
(Children) In a world of her own
Wales
(Advocacy / Laws) Cars banned from graveyard

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UNITED STATES
(Crime / Health care) Tenet Healthcare to pay U.S. $22.5 million for improperly billing Medicare
# (Death penalty) Top Court Examines Texas Death Sentencing -- Is Texas handling retardation issue properly?
(Education - not specific to disabilities) Standing Up to Bullies
(Education) 14 States Ask U.S. to Revise Some Education Law Rules Washington Post registration required - free
# (Health care) Medicare Trustees Release Annual Report
# (Health care) Report Says Medicare to Go Broke by 2019
# (Health care) Govt. Trustees Weigh Cost of Medicare Law
# (Health care) Democrats Seek Probe on Medicare Estimates
(Employment / Technology) Enabling Disabled Workers; Tech helps people with impaired vision overcome barriers in the workplace

Arizona
# (Relationships) Iraq casualties: It will be hard, but the recently disabled can have good sex life by columnist Barbara J. McKee

California
# (Accessibility / Laws) Suit asks city to improve access
(Misc) Students also victims of mental health cutbacks

Florida
(Arts / Children) VSA arts West Festival
(Education - segregated) School offers new hope for troubled tots
(Recreation) When retiring with disability, no need to vegetate by dis-Abilities columnis Allan Appel

Illinois
(Education / Children) One family reaches new heights in child's education, while another continues to struggle with system
(Misc) Program aims to get 'newly disabled' help without frustration

Indiana
(Abuse) Family Files Suit Against Local Care Center

Maryland
(Awareness / Children) Students lose senses for a day
(Misc) Governor proposes funds restoring aid to disabled adults

Michigan
(Awareness) Week focuses on disabled

Minnesota
(Misc) New provider on horizon for disabilities

Nebraska
(Institutions) Long-debated mental health bill gets OK

New Hampshire
(Education) School chiefs want to use alternative accountability systems -- No Child Left Behind

New Jersey
# (Advocacy / Education) Calling for a stall of IDEA revisions by Doable columnist Linda Walls

North Carolina
(Misc) A Fayetteville teenager's extraordinary journey
# (Technology) Duke Students Win Awards for Devices Helping the Disabled

North Dakota
(Misc) Hard-won rewards; MSU social work students learn by practicing

Ohio
(Criminal justice system) Ohio Sniper Suspect Held Without Bond -- Charles McCoy Jr.'s family said he suffered from mental illness
(Misc) Web site first step in mental health care

Pennsylvania
(Education / Families) Parents to get more say over kids' special education placement

Tennessee
(Families) Supporters rally over autism
# (Technology) Hiker With Bionic Leg Begins Trek

Utah
(Education - special) Voucher-bill backers dismayed
# (Service animals) Service dog trainer learns to love and then let go of temporary pet

Washington
(Children / Sports - adaptive) These programs make sports special for children with disabilities

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