INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: January 3, 2008

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BELOW THE FOLD

Thursday, January 3, 2008
Today's list includes 35 items. Some sites may require free 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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Australia
India
Nigeria
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States

AUSTRALIA
(Safety) Grave concern over missing disabled boy

INDIA
* (Advocacy) Including the disabled

NIGERIA
* (Advocacy) Bright Future for Blind Man

NEW ZEALAND
(Community living / Families) Funding frozen for carers of disabled

UNITED KINGDOM
* (Accessibility) Bank installs ramp for disabled access
(Misc) Extra money for disabled must be ring-fenced
(Technology) Abloy automatic door operators provide easy access to disabled visitors
England
* (Advocacy) Campaigner's second honour
* (Employment - Entrepreneurship) Disabled Entrepreneurs Get Lifeline
(Misc) Disabled fight for centre

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UNITED STATES
* (Community living) Steve Gold: Medicaid's Targeted Case Management
* (Housing) Steve Gold: USDA's Rental Assistance Program

California
(Accessibility) ADA Consulting Firm Aims to End Cycle of ADA Lawsuit Abuse
* (Families / Health care) Family rejects Blue Cross' claim
(Voting / Accessibility) County sues state official over voting machine rules

Florida
(Employment - sheltered workshops) Disabled gain work experience with ARC

Georgia
(Misc) Forum on developmentally disabled slated in Roswell - Jan. 8

Kansas
(Accessibility) Courthouse elevator gets financial lift
(Voting / Accessibility) Elections official says touch screens no problem locally

Louisiana
(Misc) The Arc honors staff, participants by Times-Picayune disability issues columnist Jane Pic Adams

Massachusetts
(Institutions) Guardians await Fernald decision

Michigan
* (Families) Disability Is Illuminating

Minnesota
(Awareness) Actor Casey Stengel by "Disabilities" freelance writer Daniel J. Vance

New Jersey
(Employment) Elks seek to link disabled students, employers

New Mexico
* (Achievement) Achievers deserve the same respect - able-bodied or not by Albuquerque Tribune disability issues columnist Barbara McKee
(Employment) A disability becomes "ability" for a Nogales Man

New York
* (Families / Advocacy) Firefighter's brief awakening after a brain injury has lasting impact - Don Herbert

Pennsylvania
(Education) Pa. may require exam to graduate -- No Child Left Behind
* (Recreation / Accessibility) Addition to community park to have ballfield for disabled by Post-Gazette disability issues writer Tina Calabro
* (Voting / Accessibility) State decertifies AVS touch-screen voting machines

Texas
* (Employment / Laws) Legally Speaking: "He Ain't Heavy – He's My Client"

Vermont
* (Transportation) City man works to overcome disability

Virginia
(Transportation) Bus service considered

Washington
(Safety / Crime) Man In Wheelchair Struck In Hit-And-Run

West Virginia
* (Employment / Laws) Cabell woman says she was wrongly fired for her disability

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