INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: December 29, 2005

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BELOW THE FOLD

Thursday, December 29, 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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Malaysia
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United States

MALAYSIA
* (Advocacy) Disabled for disabled by The Star "Wheel Power" columnist Anthony Thanasayan
* (Service animals / Laws) What they say about the new ruling

UNITED KINGDOM
England
* (Employment - sheltered workshop) Charity to close after 23 years
(Travel) Subsidised travel set to continue
(Travel) Tourism job plan for the disabled
Scotland
* (Poverty) Charity raises 'fuel poor' worry
* (Transportation) Course puts bus drivers on road to aid disabled

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UNITED STATES
* (Children) National Autism Association Says Senate Gift to Drug Companies Is Unconstitutional
(Education) Individuals with Disabilities Education Act outlined
(Health care) New Medicare drug plan coverage begins Sunday
* (Technology / Accessibility) Corda gets text technology patent

California
* (Culture) The Radical Moral Vision of the 'Dumb and Dumber' Guys
* (Employment) Rehiring Falls Under ADA, 9th Circuit Rules

Illinois
* (Institutions - nursing homes) Ex-cons get nursing-home break
* (Institutions - nursing homes / Crime) Nursing Home Fined for Pregnant Patient

Louisiana
* (Hurricanes) Hurricane Takes a Further Toll: Suicides Up in New Orleans

Massachusetts
(Education) Schools shoulder load for mental health care

Nevada
(Health care) Settlement nets $262 million
* (Misc) Study: Owning pets is good for physical, mental health

New Jersey
* (Advocacy / Media) MS Society to honor Bill Ervolino
* (Awareness) Coping with mental illness: Hear others' stories

Ohio
* (Death penalty) Murder convict may get hearing -- defense claims Charles Lorraine has mental retardation

Pennsylvania
* (Crime) Suspect in Ross sexual assaults in group home quietly arrested in N.Y.
* (Death penalty) Pa. Supreme Court sets retardation standards for death penalty cases

Utah
* (Technology / Children) Wheels of freedom

Washington
(Crime) Two men take woman’s wheelchair after its battery dies on her
(Misc) Man, trapped by fallen tree, kills himself
* (Service animals) Small dog, big job

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