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Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Today's list includes 37 items.
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UNITED STATES
(Health care - not specific to disabilities)
Bush
Health Tax Credits Won't Aid Uninsured, Study Says
# (Politics)
Advocates
for disabled rankled by Senator John Edwards' actions
Alabama
(Health care)
Panel
weighs options for Medicaid funding
(Laws - not specific to
disabilities)
Alabama
weighs in on Supreme Court case
California
(Health care)
Antidepressants
hazardous to health care coverage; Insurance plans stymie individual
policyholders
(Housing)
Community
taking steps to ease lives of homeless
(Housing)
Conference
to tackle homelessness, housing
(Misc)
Wells
Fargo garners kudos from disability council
Colorado
# (Sports)
'Calling'
provides motivation
Connecticut
(Institutions - nursing homes)
Nursing
Home Staffing Criticized Hartford Courant registration required - free
Delaware
(Education / Employment)
'Now
We're Cooking' launched in Georgetown
Florida
# (Advocacy / Laws)
Terri Schiavo's Family Files
Contempt Motion to Obtain Terri's Medical Info
(Crime - health care)
Jail
medical provider says state wants it to pay $3.25 million
Iowa
(Institutions - nursing homes)
Republicans
offer bills on senior care
Kentucky
# (Advocacy / Accessibility)
Woman
wrote a book, got it published, and is now shut out from some of the very
places that sell her work
Maryland
(Children / Families)
Mothers
ask state to make care for disabled kids easier Frederick News-Post
registration required - free
Mississippi
(Education)
Opinion: 'No Child
Left Behind' fails the 'chicken house' analogy
Missouri
Legislature
passes mental health bill for children Kansas City Star registration
required - free
New Hampshire
# (Education - special / Laws)
Special ed
students not entitled to private schooling on taxpayers dime
New Jersey
# (Achievement)
They march to a
different drummer by Do-Able columnist Linda Walls
New Mexico
# (Education)
Put
a lid on it: When schools can keep kids from bathroom, frustration flows
freely by disabilities columnist Barbara J. McKee
New York
# (Children / Education - inclusive)
Overcoming
immense obstacles
# (Employment)
Empowering
abilities for job seekers
North Carolina
(Misc)
Choosing a long-term
adult care facility
Vermont
(Crime)
Vt.
Woman With Messy House Avoids Jail
Washington
(Community living)
Adult Family
Homes state licensed option for care
(Health care)
Bill
tackles mental health disparity in health insurance
(Health care - not
specific to disabilities)
Medical
misdiagnoses happen, so patients need to be proactive
# (Sports)
Artificial
leg, real victory; Issaquah Amputee trains for 2,800-mile bike ride across
Europe
(Sports / Education)
Central
Valley mum on letters for Special OlympiansSpokesman-Review registration
required - free
Wisconsin
(Misc)
Kelso
backs limits for out-of-county patients at mental health center
INTERNATIONAL
England
# (Accessibility / Transportation)
London
bus doesn't fare well
(Arts)
Cash
boost for Get Changed Theatre Company
Iraq
(Children)
Collateral
damage to a girl, 12
Malaysia
(Misc)
Centre
seeks to contact disabled mans family
New Zealand
(Accessibility / Communication)
Improved
Communication For Hearing Impaired
(Education / Abuse)
Paid-out
ex-pupil denies sexual abuse
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