INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: March 8, 2005

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BELOW THE FOLD

Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Today's list includes 41 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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Australia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
India
Malaysia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States

AUSTRALIA
(Misc) Govt gives benefits to millionaires
(Misc) $7.5 million for man brain-damaged at three
(Misc) Big revamp for mental health care

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
(Sports) Bosnia and Herzegovina to Host 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games

INDIA
* (Technology / Accessibility) IIT introduces foot-operated PC based communicating tool

MALAYSIA
* (Women's issues) Beating the odds by The Star "Wheel Power" columnist Anthony Thanasayan

NEW ZEALAND
(Misc) Exercise aids fatigued ill

UNITED KINGDOM
* (Voting / Accessibility) Drive to cut democratic deficit for adults with learning disabilities
Northern Ireland
(Children) Child in brittle bone drug trial

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UNITED STATES
(Contribution) $5.1 Million in Grants Available to Increase Involvement of People with Disabilities in National and Community Service
(Misc) Nazi Boxing -- critique of "Million Dollar Baby"
(Sports) Feeling the freedom all the way down -- adaptive skiing
(Sports) Avis Sponsors Achilles Athletes With Disabilities at Los Angeles Marathon

Arizona
(Health care) State must show court strides in mental health patient care

Arkansas
(Children) Bill to report addicted birth mothers endorsed by House panel

California
(Education) Teachers for blind meet
(Health care / Children) Incentives in a Medicaid Carve-Out: Impact on Children with Special Health Care Needs

Connecticut
(Death penalty) Effort to abolish death penalty grows -- Michael Ross

Florida
Terri Schiavo coverage
Not Dead Yet: Disability Groups Support "Disabled Persons' Lifesaving Habeas Corpus Review Act"
Why you and I should care about Terri Schiavo
DCF document mentions abuse allegations in Schiavo case
DCF's Schiavo Petition Unsealed
DCF Makes 30 Abuse Charges
Schiavo's parents back in court trying to save her life
Parents denied 2 new motions in Schiavo case
Religious Groups Won't Let Terri Schiavo Case Die
Schiavo Parents Look to Lawmakers as Lifesavers

Kansas
* (Children / Abuse) Parents call for limiting seclusion policy

Louisiana
(Misc) Secretary of State McKeithen flown to rehabilitation center in Atlanta

Michigan
* (Accessibility / Transportation) Mayor on defensive about bus wheelchair lifts

Mississippi
(Health care) Medicaid implosion nearing

Missouri
(Misc) Blunt breaks faith with mentally ill

Montana
(Misc) Keenan defends Bush's budget cuts

New York
(Crime) Father testifies in daughter's trial

North Carolina
* (Accessibility / Technology) Westward bound

Ohio
(Health care) Ohioans protesting Medicaid cuts to lobby lawmakers

Oregon
(Education) Support needed for students with disabilities

Vermont
(Health care) Medicaid deficit may pose threat to Vt.’s bond rating

Washington
* (Health care) Mental-health parity approved
* (Health care) Senate OKs mental health bill

West Virginia
(Children) Mezzatesta slapped with fine, reprimand

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