INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: December 13, 2005

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BELOW THE FOLD

Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Today's list includes 30 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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India
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United Kingdom
United States

INDIA
* (Children / Advocacy) ‘I refuse to label these kids in the bracket of ‘disability’

MALAYSIA
* (Advocacy) Getting connected by The Star "Wheel Power" columnist Anthony Thanasayan

UNITED KINGDOM
* (Accessibility / Sports) Just 3 places for disabled England fans at World Cup
(Advocacy) Equality and mental health services
England
(Crime) Deaf centre burgled on party day
(Criminal justice system) Loner Denies Murder -- Kieron Smith has Asperger syndrome
Scotland
* (Accessibility / Laws) Disabled access improvement call

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UNITED STATES
(Awareness) Study: Chronic disability in older Americans overestimated
* (Communication) Schools accepting sign as foreign language
* (Community living) Steve Gold: One Way to Get Persons Out of Nursing Homes
(Health care) Michigan, other states decry federal cuts
(Health care) Crisis in elder care foreseen
* (Institutions - nursing homes / Community living) States seek alternatives to nursing homes
* (Institutions - nursing homes / Safety) Lawmakers push for nursing home sprinklers
* (Voting / Accessibility) Federal Panel Plans Better Voting System

California
(Crime) Thieves Steal Bikes from Disabled Youth
(Criminal justice system) Ailing inmate, 75, faces January execution date -- Clarence Ray Allen is blind and a wheelchair user

Colorado
(Children) Risks to abused kids hard to see in transient families, experts say
(Misc) Diagnosis: bigotry

Florida
(Community living) Organization helps adults with disabilities

Hawaii
(Education - special) Board eyes special-ed task force

Illinois
(Misc) Some fear state's shift to union will hurt programs

Louisiana
(Community living) Suits target group home decision

Michigan
(Health care) Michigan, other states decry federal cuts
* (Institutions - nursing homes / Safety) Lawmakers push for nursing home sprinklers

Montana
(Employment) State wins case on workers' comp cutoff

New Jersey
(Advocacy) Senate honors retiring Baer as champion of underdog
(Children) Special place for special kids

Ohio
(Death penalty) County: Double jeopardy irrelevant

Oklahoma
(Health care) Study finds little Medicaid waste

Pennsylvania
(Education) Students grade federal law, say some children are left behind

Washington, DC
(Technology) Bionic ear transformed Royer's life

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