Inclusion Daily Express -- December 2005

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Quick and easy, Inclusion Daily Express is delivered through email to readers around the world every day. Here is a sample of what our readers read in December 2005:

December 1
Disability Forum Calls For Ending Institutionalization In Europe (Brussels, Belgium)
Dutch Panel Likely To Protect Doctors That Euthanize Babies (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Former City Worker Settles Suit Over Bathroom Breaks (Muskego, Wisconsin, USA)
Below the Fold -- 21 more items
December 6
Educators Deal With Confusing "Catch-22" In New Federal Testing Rules (Sacramento, California, USA)
Demonstrator Ends Hunger Strike, But Continues Protest Over Sign Language Methods (Flint, Michigan, USA)
Judge To Decide Whether "Caged" Children Will Return To Parents (Norwalk, Ohio, USA)
Parents: Teen Excluded Even From Specialized, Segregated School (London, England, UK)
Father Tells Court About Killing Son, 10 (East Sussex, England, UK)
Below the fold -- 28 more items
December 7
Disability Discrimination Act Now Protects Medical Conditions (London, England, UK)
High Court Rejects Mom's Stroller Case (Cambridge, England, UK)
Air Marshals Fatally Mistake Man With Bipolar Disorder For Terrorist (Miami, Florida, USA)
Report: Time To Toss Outdated Social Security Employment Rules (Washington, DC, USA)
Below The Fold -- 20 more items
December 8
'Outsider' Artists Thrive At Institute (Richmond, California, USA)
Down Syndrome Group And Special Olympics Say "The Ringer" Is "A Winner" (Los Angeles, California, USA)
More Line Up To Support Deaf Ball Player (Lihue, Hawaii, USA)
Dad Says Little Charlotte Enjoyed First Home Visit (Portsmouth, England, USA)
Governor's Plan Injects Millions Into Community Services, But Millions More To Replace Institutions (Richmond, Virginia, USA)
Below The Fold -- 22 more items
December 9
Critics Say Plan To Save Laguna Honda Motivated By Politics (San Francisco, California, USA)
Alpizar Family And Neighbors Shocked By Airport Shooting Death (Miami, Florida, USA)
Blind Woman Victorious In Condo Dog Walking Challenge (Congers, New York, USA)
Boy Says Parents Used Cages And Bathroom As Punishment (Norwalk, Ohio, USA)
Siblings Saved From Squalid Conditions (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
Wragg "Sacrificed Himself" By Killing His Son, Defense Tells Court (East Sussex, England, UK)
Below The Fold -- 28 more items
December 12
Official Count: Dozens Of Bodies Found In Nursing Homes And Hospitals After Hurricane Katrina (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
Inclusion Daily Express -- Kevorkian Asks Again For Early Release Due To Health Problems (Lapeer, Michigan, USA)
"Dreamer Bent On Making His Dreams Come True" (Danbury, Connecticut, USA)
Fifty Years On, Machine Gives Man New Voice (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Federal Court Rejects Boy's Goat Case (Batavia, Ohio, USA)
Mom To Sue Hospital Where Baby Luke Died (Holyhead, Wales, UK)
Below The Fold -- 30 more items
December 13
Transplant Patient's Death Not Related To Transportation Woes, Report Reveals (Jefferson City, Missouri, USA)
New York Theaters To Be More Accessible Under Settlement (New York, New York, USA)
Wragg Walks Free, Cleared Of Murdering His Son (East Sussex, England, UK)
Sentencing For Mom Who Killed Daughter Stalled One Month (Provo, Utah, USA)
Below The Fold -- 30 more items
December 14
Disability Advocates Launch Campaign Against Alito Supreme Court Appointment (Washington, DC, USA)
State To Pay $1.1 Million A Month To Save Troubled Institution (Somerset, Kentucky, USA)
Dutch Court Sentences Suicide 'Consultant' To A Year In Prison For Helping Woman Kill Herself (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Autopsy Report: Boy Died From "Basket Hold" (Ingram, Texas, USA)
"Mentally Disabled Take Charge Of Their Lives" (Georgetown, Delaware, USA)
Six Years After Ruling, West Virginia Finally Adopts Olmstead Plan (Charleston)
Below The Fold -- 20 more items
December 15
Airport To Add Accessible Features For Deaf Travelers (San Francisco, California, USA)
Judge: State's Corporate Farm Ban Violates ADA (Lincoln, Nebraska, USA)
Student Sells Bracelets To Buy School Automatic Door Opener (Milwaukie, Oregon, USA)
High Court Says Government Must Fund Specialized Preschools (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Hospital To Keep Toddler Charlotte At Christmas (Portsmouth, England, UK)
Education Authorities Skirt "Special Needs" Law, Leaked Letter Admits (London, England, UK)
Below The Fold -- 23 more items
December 16
Investigators Ask For More Clues In Sonoma Developmental Center Resident's Death (Eldridge, California, USA)
Girl Named "Kid of Character" (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA)
City Settles Accessibility Problems With Justice Department (Waukegon, Illinois, USA)
Mom Convicted Of Beating Daughter To Death (Watertown, New York, USA)
Study: Thirty-Percent Of People With Disabilities In UK Live In Poverty (London, England, UK)
Below The Fold -- 25 more items
December 20
Advocacy Systems Split Over ADA Negotiation Tactics? (Julian, California, USA)
Alpizar Shooting Adds To Holiday Travelers' Anxiety (Miami, Florida, USA)
Opinion: There But For The Grace Of God . . . Go So Many Of Us (Miami, Florida, USA)
Check Out Free Text-To-Speech Readers (Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA)
Will He Learn, Perhaps, That It's Best To Just Pay The Ticket? (Portsmouth, New Hamphsire, USA)
Teaching Assistants Can Restrain Students Under New Rule (London, England, UK)
Below The Fold -- 20 more items
December 21
Movement To Community Is A 'Quiet Revolution' (Palo Alto, California, USA)
Telemarketing Firm To Pay Blind Woman $200,000 For Rejecting Her Guide Dog (Naperville, Illinois, USA)
City Officials Defend Group Home Approval (St. Clairesville, Ohio, USA)
Man Arrested For Phony Special Olympics Donation Scam (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma & Joplin, Missouri, USA)
Swiss Hospital To Allow Assisted Suicides (Luasanne, Switzerland)
"The Killing Of Jacob Wragg Was A Deeply Selfish Act, So Why Did His Father Go Free?" (Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
Below The Fold -- 28 more items
December 23
Nurse Walks Free After Convictions Related To Parents' Deaths (Launceston, Australia)
BC Sterilization Victims Win Settlement (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Rights Group Threatens Protest To Force End To Modified Cars Dispute (Jerusalem, Israel)
Four Oakwood Employees Charged With Neglect In Deaths (Somerset, Kentucky, USA)
Detroit Paper Series: "Disabled And Denied" (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
"Disabled Climbers Soaring As They Break Barriers" (Rochester, New York, USA)
Pledge To Stop With The "R-Word" (Islip, New York, USA)
Below The Fold -- 29 more items
December 28
Police: Woman Died As One Staff Shopped, But Others Watched Her Choke (Southbury, Connecticut, USA)
State Announces Plan to Close Children's Institution (New Albany, Indiana, USA)
Seizure Dog Is Godsend For This Family (Hillsboro, Kansas, USA)
Canada's Steven Fletcher Takes His Wheelchair On Snow Campaign (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
A Very Merry Christmas For Charlotte Wyatt And Her Family (Portsmouth, England, UK)
Utah Advocates Push For Changes In Voting Proposals (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
Below The Fold -- 22 more items
December 29
Attorney: Convict's Walk To Death Chamber Would Violate ADA (San Quentin, California, USA)
Dog That Prompted Change In Senate Rules Dies (Washington, DC, USA)
As Time Moves Forward, So Do We All (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Suit Settled Following Transit System Improvements (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Mayor Wants To Force Mental Health Treatment (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)
Below The Fold -- 28 more items
December 30
Parole Board Recommends Against Early Release For Kevorkian (Lansing, Michigan, USA)
New York City Parks Department Agrees To Improve Accessibility (New York, New York, USA)
Parents Abused Caged Children, Judge Rules (Norwalk, Ohio, USA)
Sheltered Workshop Employee Fired For Leaving Woman In Restroom (Wauseon, Ohio, USA)
Below The Fold -- 35 more items

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