INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold -- July 1, 2004

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Thursday, July 1, 2004
Today's list includes 32 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
Malaysia
United Kingdom
United States

AUSTRALIA
(Health care) Veterans lack mental health care
(Misc) Recent conciliated outcomes -- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

CANADA
Ontario
(Children / Criminal justice system) Youth super-jail offers small units in large centre

MALAYSIA
# (Awareness / Advocacy) More than a musician -- Ray Charles by The Star WheelPower columnist Anthony Thanasayan

UNITED KINGDOM
Scotland
# (Employment / Advocacy) Mental health workplace concerns

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UNITED STATES
(Children / Health care) Not all kids with glasses need them
(Children / Health care - not specific to disabilities) CDC: Uninsured Children Hits Lowest Level
# (Health care - not specific to disabilities) Drug Prices Rose After Medicare Law, Group Says -- AARP
# (Health care - not specific to disabilities) Opinion: A prescription for scandal
(Health care - not specific to disabilities) More U.S. adults lack health insurance
# (War) Mental Health Problems Common After Combat Duty

Alabama
(Children / Recreation) 'Miracle' on the ballfield

California
# (Accessibility / Technology) AT Success Story: Ardie Ellis
# (Institutions - nursing homes) Partners in Slime
# (Technology) Abilities Expo Arrives in Southern California with a Bang!

Florida
(Families / Safety) Pompano family gets help after devastating home fire
(Health care - not specific to disabilities) A prescription for scandal

Illinois
(Technology / Education) Thomson NETg's Improved Assistive Technology Capabilities Provide Consistent, Convenient Learning Experience

Maine
# (Children) He can't play -- boy with Asperger syndrome banned from playground
# (Families / Achievement) Disorder fails to hold brothers back

Massachusetts
(Criminal justice system - not specific to disabilities) Bill would give police use stun guns against lawbreakers

Michigan
(Children / Recreation) Miracles do happen -- Baseball field for disabled children is a hit by Daily Oakland Press columnist Jerry Wolffe

Minnesota
# (Children / Awareness) Author Ron Roy by Disabilities columnist Daniel J. Vance

Mississippi
(Criminal justice system) Court Orders Miss. to Clean Up Death Row

New York
(Institutions) Psychiatric patient knocks out attendant

Ohio
(Death penalty) Killer earns IQ hearing -- Cedric Carter

Philadelphia
(Health care) Keep state insurance off the chopping block

Tennessee
# (Crime) Model foster family investigated for abuse
(Laws / Sterilization) Mentally Challenged Mother of Ten

Texas
(Misc) City may find cash for mental health agency

Washington
(Misc / Laws) Judge plans to dismiss portions of lawsuit -- names DSHS and Attorney General Christine Gregoire
(Misc) Mental health board agrees to limit use of Medicaid

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