INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: December 3, 2004

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Friday, December 3, 2004
Today's list includes 67 items. Some sites may require registration.
Editor's picks -- those considered particularly interesting, newsworthy or well-written -- are marked with an asterisk (*).

Links are listed alphabetically by country, then by state, province or territory.
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International
Afghanistan
Australia
Bangladesh
Canada
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Lebanon
Malaysia
Malta
New Zealand
Pakistan
Serbia & Montenegro
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
United States

INTERNATIONAL
* (Employment) European Day of People with Disabilities 2004 -Helping people with disabilities find and keep jobs

AFGHANISTAN
* (Advocacy / Awareness) People living with disabilities call for integration

AUSTRALIA
(Advocacy / Awareness) Celebrating ability
(Arts / Advocacy) Launceston Arts Roar to be heard in London today
(Euthanasia) Loving couple want to choose how they will die
* (Travel / Accessibility) Flight paths to hell exposed by disabled

BANGLADESH
(Advocacy / Awareness) Country profile on disability
* (Advocacy / Awareness) Disability movement in Bangladesh
* (Advocacy / Awarness) In quest of a world for all

CANADA
Ontario
(Accessibility / Advocacy) McGuinty government's accessibility bill moving forward
* (Awareness / Advocacy) Changing attitudes about disabilities

CHINA
(Advocacy / Awareness) China revises law protecting disabled

INDIA
(Accessibility) Have wheels, cannot travel
(Advocacy) Disabled of the state get a raw deal from government
* (Technology) President developing speech interface for visually-impaired

INDONESIA
* (Advocacy / Awareness) Inclusion of disabled people in every aspect of society
(Advocacy / Awareness) Helping disabled people out of the shadows

JAPAN
* (Advocacy / Awareness) Fight to Get Thumbs Up for Down Syndrome

LEBANON
* (Advocacy / Awareness) Handicapped still treated as second class citizens

MALAYSIA
* (Advocacy / Awareness) Commemorating disabled persons, respecting their rights by The Star "Wheel Power" columnist Anthony Thanasayan

MALTA
(Awareness) Disabled persons in Malta total to 1.9 per cent

NEW ZEALAND
* (Employment) More disabled people in supported employment
(Misc) Big increase in 'stress' victims claiming benefit
(Misc) Aged care sector in funding strife, says committee of MPs

PAKISTAN
(Advocacy / Awareness) Government to provide best comfort to disable persons

SERBIA & MONTENEGRO
(Advocacy / Awareness) International Day of the Disabled Persons

SINGAPORE
* (Advocacy / Awareness) Singaporeans take part in "Friend of the Disabled" parade

SOUTH AFRICA
* (Advocacy / Employment) Physically challenged celebrate day in their honour

SOUTH KOREA
* (Advocacy / Awareness) Helping disabled people out of the shadows

SRI LANKA
(Awareness / Technology)Handicap International inaugurates rehabilitation centre

UNITED KINGDOM
England
(Children) Brown's childcare promise
* (Contribution) Local man up for top award
(Institutions - nursing homes / Abuse) Council counts cost of care home abuse

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UNITED STATES
* (Community living) Livable Communities for Adults with Disabilities PDF format requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader
* (Community living) NCD Calls for Cohesive Public Policy Agenda for Livable Communities for Adults with Disabilities
(Crime / Abuse) Study Highlights Need for Integrated Counseling for Women with Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders and Trauma
(Health care) Dec. 8 Webcast: Consumer-Directed Health Care: How Well Does It Work?

Alabama
(Education - special) School leaders praise overhaul of law on disabled students
* (Recreation / Accessibility) Disabled hunters set with new wildlife areas

Arizona
(Abuse) Jury awards $45.5 million in group home drowning
(Abuse) $45.5 mil awarded in disabled woman's drowning at group home

Arkansas
* (Abuse / Education - special) "Ex-teacher out to erase name in state registry"
* (Abuse / Education - special) No decision in ex-teacher’s try to get her name stricken from registry

California
* (Awareness / Advocacy) Disabilities group to break ground -- Joni and Friends International Center on Disability
* (Contribution) Ill teen surprised to see his photo on calendar's cover

Connecticut
(Death penalty) Fight For Ross' Life Still On -- defenders claim serial killer Michael Ross has mental illness

Georgia
(Community living) Supportive care is required

Idaho
(Relationships) Coeur' d' Alene Duo finds close friendship despite Down Syndrome

Illinois
(Employment - sheltered) Local business expands with help of workers with disabilities by ABC7Chicago disability issues reporter Karen Meyer

Kansas
(Employment) HHS Awards Kansas Grant To Help People With Disabilities Maintain Employment

Louisiana
(Employment) HHS Awards Louisiana Grant To Help People With Disabilities Maintain Employment

Maine
(Crime) Bangor woman pleads for her stolen purse

Massachusetts
(Institutions) Advocacy group wants to save Fernald Center
* (Institutions) Group president denies Fernald need

Minnesota
(Education - special) Hesitant, but hopeful, over new federal initiative
(Employment) HHS Awards Minnesota Grant To Help People With Disabilities Maintain Employment

New Jersey
(Crime) Murder charged in wheelchair death

North Carolina
* (Abuse) Group home girl's death calls for review of N.C. mental health privatization
(Children) Special children will sing for president

Oklahoma
(Safety) Oklahoma City Man Pushing Wheelchair Hit, Killed By Truck

Pennsylvania
(Death penalty) Pa. high court blocks execution of convicted killer -- psychs say George Banks has schizophrenia, depression, schizoaffective disorder

Tennessee
(Health care) TennCare advocates: Reopening hearing would endanger talks

Texas
(Children / Abuse) Child agency change urged
(Criminal justice system) Woman Who Severed Baby's Arms Described

Vermont
(Community living) Home Health agencies under investigation

Virginia
(Congregations) Tips for religious inclusion

Washington
* (Housing / Accessibility) Much more than a gift

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