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Tuesday, June 15, 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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Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States

CANADA
Ontario
(Crime) Tribute to Charlie, who lived life full out

NEW ZEALAND
(Criminal justice system) Killer found dead in mental hospital unit
(Education / Children) Foetal alcohol syndrome blamed for under-achievement
(Misc) Cuts hit disabled in Waikato

UNITED KINGDOM
(Employment) Firms 'discriminate' against blind jobseekers by BBC News Online disability affairs reporter Geoff Adams-Spink
England
(Crime) Rapist jailed for attack on girls
Wales
(Safety) Oakwood inquiry looks at US death -- teen fell from roller coaster, similar to Massachusetts accident

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UNITED STATES
# (Community living / Families) Money Follows the Person Bill Moving in Congress
(Education) Steve Gold: Special Education: bastion of apartheid
(Health care - not specific to disabilities) Uninsured deserve better
(Misc) Suicide Among Elderly Persons Associated With Illness
(Research) The Subject Is Subjects New York Times registration required - free

California
# (Community living) No place like home
# (Institutions - nursing homes / Crime) Laguna limbo; Alleged gangster bounced from nursing home
(Misc) Battle over long-term care policy
(Voting / Accessibility) He Pushed the Hot Button of Touch-Screen Voting New York Times registration required - free

Colorado
(Education) Don’t leave behind No Child Left Behind

Florida
# (Crime) Group Home Worker Accused in Man's Death
# (Education) Parents protest Broward decision to hold back disabled students who failed FCAT
# (Employment) Program recruits disabled students by TCPalm dis-Abilities columnist Allan Appel

Georgia
(Community living) Tommy Olmstead reflects on long career

Illinois
(Crime) Mom of starved boy faces ultimatum

Maine
(Children / Health care) State officials consider imposing a fee scale upon a free program for disabled children

Massachusetts
(Assisted suicide) Death with dignity (article supports assisted suicide)

Michigan
# (Voting / Accessibility) Local campaign planned to get disabled to vote by Oakland Press Voices of Disability editor Jerry Wolffe

Missouri
(Advocacy) Friends recall woman's passion for disabled
(Transportation) Federal grant to aid paratransit service
# (Voting / Accessibility) State is getting millions to help retool elections

New Mexico
# (Housing / Accessibility) We need to back bill to make new houses friendly for disabled by Albuquerque Tribune disability columnist Barbara J. Mckee

North Carolina
(Misc) Minorities to benefit from mental health reform

North Dakota
# (Voting / Accessibility) Voting assistance; Machines give disabled voters a secret ballot

Ohio
(Crime) Sunday school teacher awaiting sentence

Oregon
(Crime) Benefactor eases woman's life with new wheelchair

Pennsylvania
(Technology) Tinkerer tailors career as soldier to inventing

Virginia
(Education - inclusive / Children) Cerebral palsy will keep him from nationals, but he says he’s got plenty to do

Washington
(Criminal justice system) Mother Charged With Killing Two Daughters

West Virginia
(Misc - not specific to disabilities) Older W.Va. residents get billions

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