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Friday, January 9, 2004
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UNITED STATES
(Advocacy)
Spinal
injuries
(Awareness)
A
Very Special Brain -- Williams Syndrome
# (Awareness)
Press release: NCD
Releases Improving Federal Disability Statistics Paper
# (Awareness)
NCD
Position Paper: Improving Federal Disability Data
# (Education -
special)
Quality
Counts 2004: Special Needs, Common Goals
(Health care)
U.S. Health
Care Spending Surges Again
Alabama
(Criminal justice system)
Killing
suspect has repeated record of quitting medication -- Farron Clark
Barksdale
Arizona
(Assisted suicide)
Tucson
legislator will introduce bill that would give patients access to enough
medication to kill themselves
California
(Housing)
San
Jose City leaders help make way for housing for disabled
Florida
# (Advocacy / Laws)
Brain-Damaged
Woman Won't Get Guardian -- Terri Schiavo
# (Community living)
Waiting
list grows in Florida for services to developmentally
disabled
(Education - special)
Special
ed students, schools put to test -- No Child Left Behind
(Health care)
Task force
looks at pool for high-risk health insurance
(Misc)
Audit
finds confusion over DCF money woes
Maine
(Health care)
Medicaid
cut proposals come under broad attack
Michigan
(Children)
Well-being
rises among area kids
New York
(Safety)
Mother
and son die in New Year's fire
(Transportation / Accessibility)
MTA,
City Working Together To Make Subways More Accessible To Disabled
(Transportation / Accessibility)
Lawmakers
Demand New Taxis Be Accessible For The Disabled
North Carolina
(Advocacy / Health care)
Mental health plan
draws 150
Ohio
(Crime)
Group
home ex-caregiver gets 30 days over contact
# (Education / Families)
Louies
biggest problem was me Canton Repository registration required - free
Pennsylvania
# (Advocacy / Awareness)
The
woman in the wheelchair
(Crime / Institutions)
Hearing Begins for
Former Nursing Home Administrators -- charged with death and coverup of
resident
South Dakota
(Education)
Schools
Struggle To Accommodate Disabled Students
(Health care)
Health
Care Groups Will Defend Costs
Tennessee
(Education - special)
Some local
educators say Bush plan unrealistic -- No Child Left Behind
Vermont
(Employment / Laws)
Governor Douglas Continues
Commitment to Hiring and Advancement of People With Disabilities in State
Jobs
Virginia
(Health care - not specific to disabilities)
Doctors
to march on Capitol
INTERNATIONAL
Australia
(Families)
Boy,
8, hailed a hero -- called for ambulance when mom had
seizure
(Transportation)
Taxis
fare game for needy
England
(Crime)
Allotment
arson attack condemned
# (Employment)
Disabled
workers lose factory jobs
# (Institutions / Abuse)
Catalogue
of negligence; the shocking extent of neglect at a county care home has been
revealed
# (Institutions / Abuse)
Moves
to force county care home's closure
Scotland
# (Transportation / Accessibility)
Pioneering
taxi unveiled
Wales
(Awareness / Children)
Children's
book takes top prize -- written from perspective of teen with Asperger
syndrome
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