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Thursday, March 17, 2005
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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
Canada
Japan
Russia
Tanzania
United Kingdom
United States
AUSTRALIA
* (Euthanasia / Laws)
Federal Government
clamps down on euthanasia information
CANADA
* (Travel / Accessibility)
Planning
is key when travelling with health problems and disabilities
British
Columbia
* (Awareness)
Upbeat
Teri Garr says there is life after MS
Ontario
(Criminal
justice system)
Man
had 30-day psych review -- Set himself on fire in rented van
JAPAN
* (Crime / Abuse)
Police
track down man who strangled elderly mother
RUSSIA
* (Misc)
Rehabilitation
Puts Amputees Back on Feet
TANZANIA
* (Arts)
The wonder
welders of Tanzania
UNITED KINGDOM
(Children / Families)
Parents suffer
stress over autism
(Employment)
Daring To Be
Different: diversity in training and work
England
*
(Achievement)
A
schizophrenic's view of Everest by BBC News website disability affairs
correspondent Geoff Adams-Spink
(Education - segregated)
School for
disabled 'outstanding'
Wales
* (Employment / Awareness)
Redundancy fears over
disability
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UNITED STATES
(Children)
Mattel
to design programs for Special Olympics
* (Health care / Advocacy)
Arc
alert: Immediate Action Needed in Senate Support Smith-Bingaman Amendment to
Strike Cuts to Medicaid
* (Health care / Advocacy)
Bazelon
Center alert: Just Say No to Reckless Medicaid Cuts
(Social Security /
Technology)
SS
Disability Conversion To Electronic Files
Colorado
(Assisted suicide? / Crime)
Girl,
14, Suspected in Father's Suicide
* (Sports)
Breathing
easy by Greeley Tribune sports reporter Matt Schuman
Florida
Terri Schiavo
Supreme Court
rejects Schiavo appeal
Terri
Schiavo right-to-die case moves to Congress
Lawmakers
unable to agree on Schiavo bill
Efforts
to keep Terri Schiavo alive hit roadblock
In
Schiavo Case, Notoriety Finds Unlikely Judge
Congress may
intercede in Schiavo right-to-die case
Florida
House OKs bill to stop removal of Schiavo feeding tube
Money
evaporating in Terri Schiavo right-to-die battle
Schiavo
case splits House and Senate
Appeals
court won't intervene to save Terri Schiavo
Judge
in Schiavo case scolds DCF
Terri
Schiavo's husband turns down $1 million to give up right to decide wife's
fate
Vatican
says pulling Schaivo's tube would be 'pitiless'
Recovered
Vegetative State Patient Kate Adamson Speaks Before Schiavo
Rally
Schiavo Remembered
at High School
Barricades
around the hospice where Terri Schiavo lives
Florida Agency Appeals Terri Schiavo
Abuse Investigation Decision
Indiana
* (Abuse / Crime)
Police say
man abandoned 82-year-old mother at Gary casino
* (Accessibility / Laws)
Indiana
claims they're not covered by ADA or 504
* (Accessibility / Laws)
Indiana
attorney general argues that states should not be held to ADA or Section 504 of
the Rehab Act
(Institutions)
A few
employees continue to pack up Muscatatuck center
Maryland
(Misc)
Comprehensive Human
Services Master Plan Being Developed for County
Missouri
* (Death penalty)
Federal
court refuses to block execution -- defense says Stanley L. Hall has mental
retardation
* (Death penalty)
Rejected
by Missouri Supreme Court, inmate asks U.S. court to halt execution
Nebraska
(Community living)
Chief
executive post consolidated Lincoln, Hastings regional centers
New Mexico
* (Advocacy / Health care)
Medicaid
muddle by Albuquerque Tribune disability issues columnist Barbara J.
McKee
New York
* (Abuse / Crime)
Man gets
prison for beating daughter
(Children / Institutions)
2
counselors assaulted at Wyndham Lawn
(Health care)
Breslin
urges Medicaid cap
(Health care)
Legislature
rejects tax increases on hospitals
(Institutions - nursing homes)
Lawsuit in
Nursing Home Dispute
Ohio
* (Education - special)
Cincinnati Public
Schools, 11 others sue state official
Pennsylvania
* (Advocacy)
Catholic activist
invokes spiritual power of the disabled
Texas
* (Institutions / Advocacy)
Woman who
won suit over commitment dies
Washington
(Voting / Accessibility)
Thurston
County mulls switch to vote-by-mail
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