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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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