INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: December 30, 2005

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BELOW THE FOLD

Friday, December 30, 2005
Today's list includes 35 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
India
Israel
United Kingdom
United States

CANADA
(Housing) Fiorito: Small victories, sad losses
* (Veterans) Ottawa owes vets $4.6B: Court
British Columbia
* (Institutions / Abuse) Psychiatry: An Industry Of Death
Ontario
* (Advocacy) Put disability issues on election agenda by Toronto Star disability & aging issues columnist Helen Henderson

INDIA
(Advocacy) Mainstreaming disadvantaged and the marginalised sections

ISRAEL
(Sports) Swinging blindly no handicap for this golfer

UNITED KINGDOM
(Employment) Disability rules may create a minefield
(Misc) Walking aid for stroke patients
* (Technology) Real-time texting for deaf people by BBC News age & disability correspondent Geoff Adams-Spink

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UNITED STATES
* (Advocacy / Politics) National Association of the Deaf Expresses Concerns about Alito Nomination
* (Advocacy) Disability Voices Heard This Year, Despite Media Resistance

California
* (Children / Technology) A Growing Needs Niche: Toys That Address Special Needs Get Attention
(Voting / Accessibility) California election official wants more testing for voting machines

Florida
(Voting / Accessibility) New tests fuel doubts about vote machines

Guam
(Transportation) Auditor not ready to hear appeals; Vendors voice procurement complaints

Kentucky
* (Insitutions / Abuse) Oakwood cited for the 11th time

Maryland
(Employment) 2 ex-BCCC officials sue the school

Michigan
* (Families / Children) While grieving, these parents knows they can count on their circle of friends by Oakland Tribune "Voices of Disability" columnist Jerry Wolffe

Minnesota
* (Families) Daughter Does What She Can by "Disabilities" freelance columnist Daniel J. Vance

Mississsippi
(Voting / Accessibility) Lee County seeks accurate HAVA reimbursement figure

Nebraska
* (Employment / Laws) Bruning outlines arguments in appeal of corporate farming ruling

New Mexico
(Misc) Smoking the habit by Albuquerque Tribune disability issues columnist Barbara J. McKee

New York
(Children) Disabled tots in Putnam get new classes
* (Community living / Housing) Condo boards not without controversy
* (Culture) Dead 'Ringer'; Film about disabled is both uplifting and politically correct by Buffalo News writer Susan LoTempio

North Carolina
(Voting / Accessibility) Diebold pulls out of contract competition

Ohio
* (Employment / Laws) Fulton County judge leaves whistle-blower case
* (Families) Daughter Does What She Can by "Disabilities" freelance columnist Daniel J. Vance
* (Awareness) Season’s senses available to all people by Columbus Dispatch columnist Deborah Kendrick

Oklahoma
(Children) Doll helps heal what medicine can’t

Pennsylvania
(Accessibility) Homer-Center high school upgrade topic of forum
(Accessibility) South Ninth Street project almost complete

Tennessee
(Community living) TennCare to pay earlier for home service

Washington
* (Crime / Abuse) Sex offender commitment made easier
* (Criminal justice system) Bill would help mentally disabled in state 'protection' program

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