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Monday, August 23, 2004
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Links are listed alphabetically by country, then by state, province
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Australia
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Greece
Indonesia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
INTERNATIONAL
(Misc)
The Ultimate Anti-Drug --
Biotech corporations formulate vaccine against the 'disease' of drug-induced
euphoria
AUSTRALIA
(Criminal justice system)
Death and
madness
(Health care / Children)
That
touch of magic -- Cuddler's program
(Institutions)
Kew
Cottages plan faces heritage challenge
CANADA
# (Accessibility / Transportation)
GM
minivan option aids caregivers
(Bioethics / Eugenics)
Next:
the Olympic mutant
(Bioethics / Eugenics)
Science's
babies
(Culture / Awareness)
We
still root for Charla Faddoul -- contestant on Amazing Race 5
(Misc)
Self-doubt
and hope for stutterers at work
(Sports)
Athens
win for Canada's Paralympic campaigner wheelchair racer Chantel
Petitclerc
Ontario
# (Accessibility / Technology)
Help
to provide mobility
(Transportation)
Region's
volunteer transit builds on success by Toronto Star disability and aging
issues reporter Helen Henderson
GREECE
(Sports)
Athens
win for Canada's Paralympic campaigner wheelchair racer Chantel
Petitclerc
(Sports)
Wheelchair
Aussies in top three
INDONESIA
(Institutions - nursing
homes)
Nursing
homes answer elderly needs
(Institutions - nursing homes / Families)
'I'd
never send my parents away'
NEW ZEALAND
(Criminal justice system)
Drug
problem started before birth, lawyer tells court
UNITED KINGDOM
(Criminal justice system)
'Mental health
plan watered down'
(Criminal justice system)
Compromise
on mental health bill
England
(Achievement)
Blind
ex-serviceman's flight plan
(Misc)
Council
funded disabled services 'from wrong budget'
(Safety / Health care)
Patient
dies in wheelchair fall
Northern Ireland
# (Technology)
A
quantum leap after years of text messaging by Belfast Telegraph Deaf
Talkabout editor Bob McCullough
Scotland
# (Advocacy / Awareness)
One
in five Scots on disabled list; They are 'victims of poverty and
discrimination'
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UNITED STATES
# (Accessibility / Travel)
Web
Sites Agree to Be Accessible to Blind -- Priceline and Ramada
# (Health
care)
A
tale of two health care systems by Newsday Family & Relationships
columnist Saul Friedman
(Health care - not specific to disabilities)
Bush
Health Care Plan Seems to Fall Short
(History)
Elliot
Valenstein on the history of the lobotomy
California
(Children / Families)
Doctor
shares Down syndrome advancements with parents
(Education / Laws)
Students
do better on revised exit exam
Colorado
# (Accessibility / Children)
Teen
in wheelchair sues to gain unfettered access to carnival rides
#
(Criminal justice system)
Turney
decision will be reviewed -- Paul Childs shooting death
Florida
(Advocacy)
Iowa
woman gets involved in "Terri's fight"
(Advocacy)
Speaking Out:
Life with Dignity -- Terri Schiavo case
(Advocacy)
National Survey
Shows That More Americans Support Terri Schiavo's Right To
Life
(Advocacy)
Press release:
Pinellas Pasco Group 18 Candidate Judge Greer Exposed -- judge in Terri Schiavo
case
(Advocacy)
Press release:
Become A Health Care Warrior -- cites Terri Schiavo
Iowa
(Advocacy)
Local
woman gets involved in "Terri's fight"
Kentucky
(Advocacy / Awareness)
Gov.
Joe Kernan and opponent, Mitch Daniels, talk about
disabilities
(Criminal justice system)
Jail
guards against suicide; Network monitors inmates' mental health
Louisiana
(Awareness / Advocacy)
Epilepsy
Foundation helps change lives by Times-Picayune disability issues reporter
Jane Pic
Maine
(Health care - not specific to disabilities)
Hospital
Issues Redesigned Gowns
Massachusetts
(Accessibility / Technology)
Company
gives you a lift
Michigan
# (Accessibility / Laws)
Wheelchair
users sue Detroit over buses with broken lifts
# (Employment)
Disabled
take steps to success
Minnesota
(Crime)
Five charged with
sexually assaulting girl with cerebral palsy and mental retardation
Ohio
(Institutions)
Resignations
finally brought patients help
Pennsylvania
(Crime)
DA may seek death
verdict if attacked woman dies
# (Service animals / Awareness)
When good puppies
happen to 'bad' story ideas
Tennessee
(Families)
Special-needs
trust would fit Down syndrome child
Washington
(Contribution)
Former
gymnastics coach has uplifting attitude
Wisconsin
(Institutions)
County
board mulls future of center
(Service animals)
Group
trains dogs to lend a helping paw
# (Sports / Children)
Sports keep Becca
rolling toward goal
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