INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: January 3, 2005

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BELOW THE FOLD

Monday, January 3, 2005
Today's list includes 45 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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Tsunami Disaster Coverage
Australia
Canada
Malaysia
New Zealand
Singapore
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States

TSUNAMI DISASTER COVERAGE
Australia
Down syndrome boy among the dead
Canada
CBMI Canada is asking for Canadians to help those with disabilities affected by the tsunami disaster
Indonesia
Indonesia Crying Out for Aid
Sri Lanka
Tsunami in South East Asia: Handicap International starts working in Sri Lanka
Tsunami in Sri Lanka - Urgent Needs
Thailand
Former Del Mar resident and Thai royal is among tsunami dead -- teen had autism
United Kingdom
I fear for the lives of the orphans I helped look after
United States
Artist awaits word from tsunami-battered Indonesia

AUSTRALIA
(Employment) Grants to help long-term unemployed
(Technology) Govt funding for disabled equipment

CANADA
Ontario
(Misc) Disabled need tax reforms by Toronto Star disability & aging issues columnist Helen Henderson

MALAYSIA
* (Misc) Blessings in disguise by The Star "Wheel Power" columnist Anthony Thanasayan

NEW ZEALAND
(Technology) More Equipment For Disability Waiting List

SINGAPORE
(Sports) Disability Sports Council honours Azman Yusof, Theresa Goh

SOUTH AFRICA
(Employment) Access to Work the Key As Disability Grants Bill Soars

UNITED KINGDOM
(Education - special) Special schools to be specialists
(Education - special) New plans to improve special needs education
(Recreation / Accessibility) Lakeland walkers 'wrong colour'
England
* (Congregations / Accessibility) 'Vision' vicar's Christmas feast
(Crime) Wheelchair is stolen from church
* (Employment / Education) Bristol University's £600k for disabled people
(Safety) Operator gives life-saving tips
(Transportation) Transport difficulty for disabled
Northern Ireland
* (Travel) Lessons that Hong Kong can teach us by Belfast Telegraph "Deaf Talkabout" editor Bob McCullough

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UNITED STATES
* (Employment) For the Blind, Visions of Greatness by BusinessWeek assistive technology columnist Suzanne Robitaille
(Health care / Crime) HealthSouth Agrees to $325M Settlement

Colorado
(Education - not specific to disabilities) One in four Colo. graduates needed remedial courses in 2003

Connecticut
(Death penalty) Court Lets Defenders Appeal In Michael Ross Case

Florida
(Advocacy / Laws) Report sheds light on need for disability reform by TCPalm.com dis-Abilities columnist Allan Appel
(Children / Health care) 70,000 children expected to sign up for health insurance
* (Families) 'Sibshops' is about fun, friendship

Georgia
* (History) FDR’s connections to Georgia highlighted at museum

Illinois
(Health care) HMOs renew push for Illinois Medicaid share
(Health care) Flu-shot eligibility to widen

Indiana
* (Families / Health care) Couple pay daughter's care costs -- for now
(Health care) Reining in Medicaid 'a monster problem'
* (Voting / Accessibility) Access to polling places is basic right

Michigan
* (Advocacy) Some blessings go along with being disabled by Oakland Tribune "Voices of Disability" columnist Jerry Wolffe

Minnesota
(Misc) Multiple chemical sensitivity by "Disabilities" columnist Daniel J. Vance

Montana
* (Education - special) Guest opinion: Special ed basic right of children

New Jersey
* (Accessibility / Recreation) Party's often over before it starts for disabled people by Asbury Park Press "Doable" columnist Linda Walls

New Hampshire
* (Community living / Advocacy) Plan fixes labor shortage; Program would train health aides

New Mexico
(Health care / Laws) Healing herb Marijuana is safer than most painkillers on the market by Albuquerque Tribune disability issues columnist Barbara J. McKee

Ohio
(Institutions - nursing homes) State may have overpaid nursing home in Oregon

Oregon
(Institutions - nursing homes) State may have overpaid nursing home in Oregon

Washington
* (Families) Dads share triumphs, woes of their special-needs kids

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