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Friday, January 2, 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 (#).

UNITED STATES
# (Voting / Accessibility) Press release: DOJ outlines strategy for effective enforcement of election reform law for 2004

Arizona
# (Accessibility) Phoenix wins award from national disability group -- N.O.D. Accessible America contest

California
# (Community living / Health care) Major cuts still face people with disabilities
# (Education - special) Districts put to the test
(Families / Laws) Courts seek answers as grandparents seek visits
(Health care / Laws) Federal Court Blocks Illegal Medi-Cal Cuts
(Technology) New Guide Helps Vision Impaired Lead Independent Lives
(Technology / Accessibility) First Accessible Integrated Cellular Phone and Personal Organizer Now Available

Connecticut
(Education) District fairs pretty well with school initiative -- No Child Left Behind
(Misc) Nonprofits taking the hit they feared

Florida
# (Advocacy / Families) A Letter From Humanist Women with Disabilities About Terri Schiavo (second column)
(Community living) Displaced ARC residents find homes
(Laws) Elderly Fla. Drivers to Take Vision Test
# (Recreation / Accessibility) Wilderness inquiry for the disabled knows no boundaries

Guam
(Abuse / Education) Issue of alleged abuse of Sanchez High students unresolved
(Transportation) Ball was dropped; Mass transit customers suffer from very poor management decisions

Illinois
(Health care) New Illinois prescription program goes into effect
(Transportation) Disabled woman will remain on bus route

Iowa
(Criminal justice system) Attorney says Young should not be in court system
(Institutions / Criminal justice system) DHS: Establish special unit for 'dangerous' clients

Kansas
# (Laws) Kansans with disabilities sue state for aid cuts

Kentucky
(Education - special) Special ed pupils’ testing standards may be changed -- No Child Left Behind

Maryland
# (Institutions) Md. mental institution slowly closing

Massachusetts
# (Children / Safety) Police get aid in finding lost special-needs youngsters
(Education / Laws) City sued by family seeking special schooling

Minnesota
# (Children / Recreation - adaptive) Dance and disabilities

Mississippi
# (?) Residential community for retarded adults eyed

New Jersey
# (Crime) Sexual Assault Program expanding to cover women with disabilities

New York
(Safety) Mom, 82, Down syndrome son die in fire

North Carolina
(Misc) Two rescue riders from burning bus

Ohio
(Education) Forums designed to spotlight Disabilities Education Act changes

Pennsylvania
(Education - segregated) School for autistic students proposed for Chester County
(Institutions) Paoli Hospital to close psychiatric unit

Texas
(Misc) Caregiver saves man after plane hits house

Washington
(Education) Opinion: Look again at No Child Left Behind expectations
# (Misc) Tim Eyman plan said to risk quality of life -- would cut services

INTERNATIONAL

Cameroon
(Misc) Young Blind Persons Club -- new headquarters is brain-child of blind Cameroons

England
(Accessibility) Theatre director stands down -- after theatre made accessible
# (Achievement) Disabled man's South Pole challenge starts
(Families) Father to go ahead with kidney sale -- to raise money for daughter's education and medical treatment
# (Institutions / Crime) Parents win death payout -- claim healthy daughter died in facility 16 days after admission
(Misc) Disabled woman left with little gas
(Recreation - inclusive) Young Folk Wanted for Kielder Challenge

Iraq
# (Health care / Institutions) Psychiatrists describe a people numbed by war Chicago Tribune registration required - free

Scotland
# (Community living / Housing) Glasgow Learning Disability Partnership wins award for helping institution residents resettle in Glasgow

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