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What were the top disability rights news stories from 2006?

Here are some of the headlines Inclusion Daily Express readers chose for the list of top stories:

In Target.com Suit, Judge Rules Accessibility Laws Cover Websites
Ohio Couple Convicted Of Endangering And Abusing Children In "Caged Beds" Case
Judge Orders Treasury Dept. To Make Paper Money Accessible To Blind Americans
Jack Kevorkian To Be Released Early; Disability Advocates Predict 'Miraculous' Recovery
Illinois Doctor Karen McCarron Says She Killed Her Daughter, 3, To "End Their Pain" Of Autism
U.N. General Assembly Approves First International Disability Rights Treaty
Charlotte Wyatt Leaves Hospital For Christmas, But Not With Her Parents
10-Year-Old Deaf Ball Player's Victory Will Benefit Countless Others
British College, Ethics Panel, Church of England: Doctors Should Be Allowed To Let Some Babies Die
Supreme Court on IDEA Lawsuits: Winning Parents Not Entitled To Expert Witness Costs
Jennete Killpack To Spend Five Years Behind Bars For Water Overdose Of Daughter, 4
Settlement Allows Goats To Stay With Ohio Boy, 12, Who Has ADHD
Arkansas Officer Mistakenly Shoots Erin Hamley, An Innocent Man With Disabilities
Mixed Results Over Accessible Voting -- Many States Missed Voting Act Deadline
Advocates Angered As Supreme Court Upholds Oregon's Assisted-Suicide Law
Post-Katrina Murder Charges Filed Against New Orleans Hospital Staff Over Euthanasia Allegations
Vancouver Mayor Sullivan Takes Olympic Flag For A Spin In His Custom Wheelchair
New York and Maryland Gubernatorial Candidates Choose Blind Running Mates
Kansas Couple Sentenced To 37 Years For Enslaving Group Home Residents
"Murderball" Nominated For Oscar Award
'Brain Dead' Haleigh Poutre, 11, Begins Recovery Hours After State Removes Feeding Tube
Senate Panel To Reform 68-Year-Old Jobs Program Following Sheltered Workshop Scandal
Autopsy Results Show Tasered Airline Passenger Troy Rigby Died Of Heart Attack While In Custody
Community Advocates Celebrate Passage Of "Money Follows The Person Act"
Gallaudet Protesters Chalk One Up For Civil Disobedience, Get Presidential Designee Ousted
Jason 'J-Mac' McElwain Sets High School Scoring Record In First Four Minutes Of Play / Basketball Team's Manager Meets President, Magic, Celebrates ESPY Award, Movie Deal
Study Finds Most Job Accommodations Cost Little Or Nothing
Kmart Agrees To Record ADA Access Settlement
Dispute Over Electric Shocks On Youths; New York Report Blasts Judge Rotenberg Center Aversive Programs For Students With Mental Disabilities
Feds Issue New Restraint And Seclusion Rules For Some Medicare And Medicaid Facilities
Rachael Scdoris Rides Into Record Books As 1st Blind Iditarod Sled Dog Finisher
Sign Language Becomes An Official National Language in New Zealand
Florida Governor Bush Drops Push For New Feeding Tube Law, One Year After Schiavo Death
Young Paralympic Wheelchair Athlete Can Compete With High School Runners In Maryland
Alison Davies And 12-Year-Old Son, Ryan, Jumped From Bridge To Their Deaths
New Action Expected Against Czech Government Over Caged Beds In Facilities
Cleveland Bar Association Drops Threat Against Parents For Representing Son In Special Education Case
Chicago To Pay $1 Million To Man With Schizophrenia Over False Murder Confession
Report: Children Still Housed, Abused In Romanian Institutions
UK House Of Lords Soundly Rejects Assisted Suicide Proposal
U.S. Census Bureau: Disability Employment Rates Up, But Earning Levels Down
Illinois Governor Shows Signs Of Dropping Lincoln Developmental Center Plan
U.S. Military Puts Soldiers With Mental Illness In Harm's Way, Newspaper Reveals
Opponents Of Assisted Suicide Tell U.S. Senators Their Concerns
Grand Jury To Investigate Post-Katrina Police Shooting Of Man With Intellectual Disability
Nepal Nursing Home Death Sparks Massive, Violent Street Protest
Spokane Medical Examiner Says Otto Zehm's Police Restraint Death Was A Homicide
Citing Olmstead Decision, Georgia Settles Long-Term Care Lawsuit
EEOC Reports Federal Agencies Slowed Down In Employing Workers With Disabilities
CMS Broke Own Rules To Let Failing Nursing Homes Coast
California Court: Employers Must Discuss Accommodations With Workers
Handcuffed, Rhode Island Senior Activists Rally To Demand Freedom From Nursing Homes
AAIDD -- The Organization Formerly Known As AAMR Undergoes Name Change
Wisconsin Clinic, Staff Convicted Of Abuse In Restraint Death Of Angellika Arndt, 7
Justice Dept. Gives Oakwood Five More Years To Shape Up, As Institution Receives 24th Abuse Citation
Denver Celebrates Homecoming Of "Last Comic Standing" Josh Blue
Prosecutors Say Couple Hid Toddler's Death While Pleading For His Rescue -- Marcus Fiesel
Mark Inglis Becomes First Double-Amputee To Scale Mt. Everest
UK Discrimination Watchdogs Criticized For Failing To Use Enforcement Teeth
ADAPT's Peaceful Actions Secure Community Support Meetings With Top Officials / 'Unlikely Alliance' Struck Between Advocates And Bush Administration
Beijing Olympics Plan Calls For Locking Up Locals With Mental Illnesses
Legal Group Says Medicaid ID Rule Is Unconstitutional
Measure To Restore Intent Of ADA Introduced In U.S. House
Compensatory Damages In Wal-Mart Discrimination Ruling Were Too Punitive, Judge Rules
Alberto Gonzales: Bush Administration Settled 90 Percent Of ADA Cases
Appeals Court Rules UPS Must Change Hearing Test Requirement For Deaf Would-Be Drivers
Pressure From Groups Lead Medicare To Pay More For Motorized Equipment
North Korea Transfers People With Disabilities To 'Special Camps', U.N. Official Charges
Pennsylvania Becomes More "Visitable" Under New Law
Doctors Deliberately Stunted Six-Year-Old's Growth At Parents' Request And Ethics Panel Approval
Shame On Rush For Attacking Michael J. Fox Ads
Ten Perish In Early Morning Missouri Facility Fire / 54 Russians Die In Weekend Institution Blazes
Ghana Advocates To Bring Criminal Charges Under New Disability Law
Jury Convicts T-Ball Coach Of Offering Player $25 To Injure Teammate With Autism

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