INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: January 4, 2008

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Friday, January 4, 2008
Today's list includes 31 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
Bahamas
Canada
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Nepal
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States

AUSTRALIA
* (Awareness / Community living) Centre will break down barriers to understanding disability
(Safety) New lead on missing disabled teen: police

BAHAMAS
* (Advocacy) Renewed Call For Disabilities Legislation

CANADA
Saskatchewan
(Sports / Arts) Turning motion into music

IRELAND
* (Employment) Council reaches 3% target in employing people with disabilities
* (Employment) Study: Departments miss disabled staff quotas

ISRAEL
(Misc) Obesity now recognized by National Insurance Institute as a disability

ITALY
* (Travel / Accessibility) Wheelchair can't stop adventurer from seeing Venice

JAPAN
* (Criminal justice system / Accessibility) Japan's elderly inmates to get barrier-free jails
(Employment - sheltered workshops) Failing company transformed into workshop for disabled people

NEPAL
(Advocacy) Nepal signs convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

THAILAND
(Equipment) New Legs Give Disabled Hope: Recipients of artificial limbs remember the kindness, compassion of the Princess

UNITED KINGDOM
(Misc) Half a million under-35s on disability benefit
* (Technology / Accessibility) Online retailers breaking disability laws
* (Travel / Accessibility) InterContinental Hotels Group enhances accessibility for disabled guests

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UNITED STATES
* (Accessibility / Technology) The Wheelchair Stair Lift From Stannah
* (Health care) U.S. Curtailing Bids to Expand Medicaid Rolls

Arizona
(Misc) Group's report misrepresents charity's work

California
(Children) A Brighter Day for Special Needs Students

Connecticut
* (Community living) Opinion: Shorting Providers -- And The Needy

Florida
* (Institutions - nursing homes / Abuse) Nursing Home Abuse Concerns Rise in Florida Amid Manor Care Purchase

Georgia
(Education - special) LaFayette schools pilot program for students with disabilities

Missouri
(Crime) Theft of van stuns disabled man

North Carolina
(Institutions) 2 mental health hospitals will remain open 2 more months

Tennessee
(Safety) Man In Wheelchair Hit by Car

Texas
* (Transportation / Accessibility) Technology gives wheelchair users more travel options

Virginia
(Restraints / Education - special) "This abuse must stop!"

Washington
(Crime) Charges likely today in slaying of grandfather

West Virginia
(Employment) Former city police officer sues to get disability

Wisconsin
(Criminal justice system) City man accused of using wheelchair to conceal shoplifted goods
(Education - not specific to disabilities) The power of inclusion

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