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Monday, April 5, 2004
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INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
(Institutions - nursing
homes) Aged care in
crisis say providers
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVENA
(Education - special)
Bosnian
Children's Center Closes
CANADA
Ontario
(Education - special /
Families)
Parents
win battle over schooling for autistic child
(Families)
Revision
of tax credit form is welcome by disability issues reporter Helen
Henderson
MALAYSIA
(Misc)
One
body needed to oversee needs of disabled
NEW ZEALAND
# (Transportation)
Red
tape drives disabled transport volunteers off road
UNITED KINGDOM
# (Institutions / Children)
Concern
over poor facilities for young people with mental illness
(Recreation)
Dance therapy for
mental patients
England
(Children)
Recruitment
campaign for carers
(Children)
Girl who
can't be cuddled
(Community living)
Community
based teams can transform mental health services, says report
(Education
- segregated) Threatened school's
reprieve hope
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UNITED STATES
# (Community living / Advocacy)
ADAPT press
release: Home Care Bills Receive Senate Hearing, Raise Hope for No More Stolen
Lives
(Children)
U.S.
Plans Study on Environment and Kids
(Employment)
U.S. DOL
release: Labor Department Urges Employers to Hire People with Disabilities as
Tax Season Approaches
(Health care / Technology)
JFA Alert: Keep
up the Pressure on CMS re Power Wheelchairs
Colorado
# (Contribution)
Forecaster
Pam Daale dies at 40 of cancer -- Denver broadcaster became paraplegic at age
16
Florida
(Education - special)
Demand
strains special education resources
# (Families)
Siblings
Have Special Needs, Too
Illinois
(Children)
Needs of
children's home changing with kids' needs
# (Families / Advocacy)
Kids Who K.A.R.E
(Misc)
Panel to
study gov's plan for funding social services
(Sports)
IHSA
clinics roll out a new sport -- wheelchair basketball
# (Technology)
IBot
wheelchair means end of getting looked down on
Indiana
(Misc)
Tornado
broke woman's body, but not spirit
Louisiana
(Education - special)
Special
ed group will convene in N.O. by disability issues columnist Jane Pic
Maine
(Children)
'They're
like little professors' -- children with autism
Massachusetts
# (Accessibility / Transportation)
Boston
can be one rough ride
(Children)
The
key to his future
(Health care)
Massachusetts'
scariest IT project; Transforming Medicaid's claims system no small
job
(Misc)
Resources
for Boston-area residents with disabilities
Minnesota
# (Education)
Mental
health: Illnesses, stigma burden students
# (Sports)
Jimmy Byrne dies;
Star sportswriter had cerebral palsy
Mississippi
# (Accessibility / Community living)
Agency
helps disabled get around with wheelchair ramps
New Hampshire
(Criminal justice system)
Older,
sick inmates cost millions
New Jersey
(Crime)
Easton
man sentenced for molestation
New York
(Children)
UAlbany-based
center for autism reaches more counties, schools
# (Community living /
Laws) Blue
Cross ordered not to end care for man
Ohio
(Criminal justice system)
Suspect
Pleads Innocent in Ohio Shootings -- Charles A. McCoy Jr.'s attorneys say he
has paranoid schizophrenia
Oregon
(Awareness)
Cultural
tolerance is focus of UCC event
(Misc)
Leaders
say they agree on programs to save
Pennsylvania
(Education - special / Families)
District
modifies approach to autism
# (Employment / Laws)
Court rules Allstate's threats
of retaliation are illegal
(Health care)
Seniors
skeptical on Medicare law
Texas
(Children)
Invisible
barrier separates autistic children, others
(Children)
It
takes a village to help Hannah
(Education - segregated)
City
lacks a school for autism
(Education - segregated)
Parents
of autistic kids look elsewhere for help
Utah
(Education - special)
Group to
assign funds to aid special-needs kids
(Education - segregated)
Debating
the Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship
Vermont
(Community living / Families)
Families Fear Medicaid
Changes
Washington, DC
(Sports)
Breaking the Ice Disabled Players Blossom on Hockey Team Washington Post
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