INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold -- July 7, 2004

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Wednesday, July 7, 2004
Today's list includes 39 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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International
Australia
Canada
France
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States

INTERNATIONAL
(Technology) The Brave New World of Virtual Therapy

AUSTRALIA
# (Children / Contribution) Big awards for little heroes

CANADA
(Misc) Welfare incomes far below poverty line across Canada
(Misc) Welfare council slams social assistance rates
Ontario
(Children / Awareness) 'Message lit' empowers kids
(Misc) $20M to fix welfare pay delay
(Sports) The man is still in motion
# (Technology / Contribution) Douglas Wells, 85, prosthesis pioneer; Manufactured and provided electronic limbs

FRANCE
# (Crime) Former minister for the disabled convicted of fraud

NEW ZEALAND
(Education) Cuts spell end to magic sea trips for special needs children
(Families) Mother and daughter offer support to amputee parents

UNITED KINGDOM
England
(Crime) Murdered man's brother speaks out
(Education) County 'failed to educate' pupil
(Misc) Cash boost for county's disabled

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UNITED STATES
(Criminal justice system / Awareness) Criminal profiling: the reality behind the myth
# (Employment) Federal Jobs for Disabled Drop Washington Post free registration required
# (Health care) Report: Withholding Medicare Costs Legal
# (Health care) Lack of Insurance Tied to Early Death

Colorado
(Children / Recreation) River of satisfaction runs through disabled kids' program
(Crime) Driver gets probation in fatal accident

Illinois
(Crime) An 'act of stupidity'
# (Institutions - nursing homes / Crime) Nursing home fined $20,000 in woman's death
(Sports) Athletes with physical disabilities play volleyball by ABC7Chicago disability issues reporter Karen Meyer
(Technology / Health care) A Paperless Health-Care System?

Maryland
# (Advocacy / Advocacy) Russian librarians visit Md. to learn how to aid disabled

Massachusetts
(Crime) No bail for men charged in death of wheelchair-bound victim
(Misc) Child services chief says she won't step down

Minnesota
(Children / Awareness) Author Ron Roy Pt. 2 by Disabilities columnist Daniel J. Vance

New Jersey
(Sports / Awareness)Wheelchair athlete who graced Wheaties box still rolling

New York
(Crime / Criminal justice system) Cop's stray bullet wounds wheelchair kid

North Carolina
(Arts / Children) Art Ventures helps children with disabilities connect

Ohio
# (Children / Criminal justice system) Mental health court helping kids
(Children) The struggle to recover

Pennsylvania
(Children / Recreation - segregated) For children with disabilities, Camp Schreiber is special summer break

Tennessee
(Health care -- not specific to disabilities) States watching Tennessee's health care plan for the poor

Texas
(Awareness / Health care) Houstonians insightful about mental health
(Misc) Texas governor promises investigation after state child welfare agency is indicted

Washington
# (Institutions) State listens to complaints about Fircrest School's downsizing
# (Institutions) Fircrest plan draws complaints

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