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Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Today's list includes 36 items. Some sites may require registration.
Editor's picks -- those considered particularly interesting, newsworthy or well-written -- are noted by the number sign (#).

Links are listed alphabetically by country, then by state, province or territory.
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Australia
Canada
South Korea
United Kingdom
United States

INTERNATIONAL

AUSTRALIA
(Misc) 39th National Conference of the Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability -- November 9-12

CANADA
Ontario
# (Euthanasia / Crime) Unjust justice

SOUTH KOREA
# (Laws) Gov't Makes End Discrimination Against Disabled
(Contribution) A disability leads toward enlightenment

UNITED KINGDOM
# (Advocacy) Committee urges coherent action on disability discrimination
(Misc) Genius loner with no people skills
England
# (Accessibility / Awareness) 'A small step into a shop makes a world of difference when you're unable to walk'
(Misc) Andy launches a wedding list with a difference
Guernsey
(Misc) Queen's Award for charity group
Scotland
# (Community living) 1-in-4 elderly want more respect from home carers

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UNITED STATES
# (Culture) Mental Health Activist Files Complaint Against 'Dr. Phil'
# (Health care) 2003 Medicaid Waiver Data
(Technology) Microsoft Selects And Enrolls Designer Appliances Inc In Its Assistive Technology Program
(Technology / Education) June 9 Webcast: Making the GRADE: Improving Access to E-Learning

Alabama
# (Housing / Technology) Volunteers with Disabilities to Construct a Home Featuring Smart Home Technology

California
# (Accessibility / Travel) Parking has him going in circles -- LAX Terminal
# (Advocacy) Disability Community Prepares For Budget Battle; People with disabilities refuse to be targets
(Criminal justice system / Health care) Inmates' Medical Tab Nears $1 Billion Los Angeles Times registration required - free
(Technology) Many New Products & Services to be Introduced at Abilities expo

Florida
(Children) Finding their way Volunteer's program reaches at-risk teens Orlando Sentinel registration required - free
(Crime / Education - segregated) Central Florida charter school folds after director's arrest

Guam
(Crime) Man accused of sexual assault at group home

Illinois
# (Institutions - nursing homes) Nursing home sued by state; Staff failed to detect mentally ill resident was pregnant, state guardian alleges

Indiana
# (Accessibility / Laws) A more accessible jail
# (Children / Criminal justice system) State seeks answers to court ruling

Iowa
# (Crime / Health care)Medicare scam: Fake drug-card marketers target the elderly

Kansas
# (Laws) Kansas Supreme Court to Reconsider Discriminatory Sodomy Law

Louisiana
# (Laws / Institutions - nursing homes) Lawsuit filed against home that rejected HIV patient

Massachusetts
(Awareness) MassMutual & Exceptional Parent Magazine Sponsor Disability Awareness Nights At Major League Baseball Stadiums

Michigan
# (Technology / Families) 10-year-old invents reclining wheelchair

Minnesota
# (Criminal justice system / Institutions - nursing homes) Prisoner housing solution offered Star Tribune registration required - free

New Jersey
(Health care) Research key to better medications by Asbury Park Press Doable columnist Linda Walls

North Carolina
(Misc) Proposed cuts to DHHS programs cast shame on some shortsighted legislators

Ohio
(Misc) School faces cuts; Pioneer to trim $713,000 from coming budget

Utah
# (Eugenics) Abnormality may be added to Utah abortion law
(Criminal justice system) Utah issues arrest warrant for woman

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