INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: December 6, 2005

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BELOW THE FOLD

Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Today's list includes 28 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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Canada
Malaysia
United Kingdom
United States

CANADA
Ontario
* (Community living) Ontario home care robs disabled of dignity by Toronto Star disability & aging issues columnist Helen Henderson

MALAYSIA
* (Advocacy / Awareness) A day to remember by The Star "Wheel Power" columnist Anthony Thanasayan

UNITED KINGDOM
* (Advocacy / Awareness) Disability watchdog is launched
* (Children) Launch of child disability guide
* (Families) Carers 'missing £750m benefits'
England
* (Arts) Artist is disability day speaker -- Alison Lapper
* (Arts) Concert ends 10-day arts festival
* (Transportation / Awareness) Bus drivers given disability training
Scotland
* (Poverty) Study highlights disabled poverty

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UNITED STATES
* (Employment) Corporate Executives Address Psychiatric Disability in Workers

Alaska
* (Community living) State limits rules for personal care in the home

California
* (Advocacy) Zoo visitors sue over waiver policy by San Diego Union-Tribune "Abilities" columnist Marilyn Salisbury

Connecticut
* (Institutions - nursing homes) Group probes mentally ill in nursing homes

Florida
* (Awareness) Baby Boomer generation heading for retirement soon by TCPalm.com "dis-Abilities" columnist Allan Appel
(Health care) Broward to test Bush's Medicaid reform plan
(Health care) Florida lawmakers to consider Medicaid reforms

Georgia
(Health care) Need Medicaid? Prove it upfront

Louisiana
(Hurricane Katrina - not specific to disabilities) Unlikely Haven

Massachusetts
(Memorial) John Britt, 67; delivered school for disabled into 21st century

Minnesota
* (Contribution / Politics) U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin - Wheelchair User - Pt. 2 by "Disabilities" freelance writer Daniel J. Vance

New Mexico
* (Health care) Managing the maze by Albuquerque Tribune disability issues columnist Barbara J. McKee

North Carolina
* (Health care) Mental-health reform lagging four years after planned overhaul
(Voting / Accessibility) North Carolina defends e-voting certifications
(Voting / Accessibility) Another Blow to E-Voting Company

Pennsylvania
* (Employment / Laws)'At-will' employees don't lose all their job protections

Rhode Island
* (Contribution / Politics) U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin - Wheelchair User - Pt. 2 by "Disabilities" freelance writer Daniel J. Vance

Texas
(Housing) Strayhorn campaign plan comes from her state office

Utah
(Hurricane Katrina - not specific to disabilities) Unlikely Haven

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