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Thursday, March 17, 2005
Today's list includes 53 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
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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