INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: January 8, 2008

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BELOW THE FOLD

Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Today's list includes 34 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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International
Angola
Australia
Canada
Philippines
United Kingdom
United States

INTERNATIONAL
* (Accessibility) Access to public spaces and amenities for people with disabilities

ANGOLA
(Transportation) Disabled People Get Driving School

AUSTRALIA
* (Advocacy / Sports) Denise Beckwith has been named Australia Day Ambassador
* (Community living) Extra funding to support the elderly and people with disabilities

CANADA
British Columbia
(Transportation) New fee taxes wheelchair user

PHILIPPINES
* (Advocacy) More privileges, incentives for persons with disabilities sought

UNITED KINGDOM
(Misc) We're reducing sickness benefit claimants, says Gordon Brown
(Misc) Adass in third sector link to improve adult disability services
England
* (Accessibility / Transportation) Backlash over u-turn for station's disability access
(Criminal justice system) 10mph motorway driver must retake test
* (Housing / Accessibility) Council to close city care home
(Transportation) Disabled woman left at wrong stop
Scotland
* (Crime) Loan collector 'used fraud cash to buy equipment for disabled son'
(Equipment) Wheelchair manufacturer to close

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UNITED STATES
* (Community living / Advocacy) ADAPT: The CCA hearing announcement -- it will be webcast, January 16
* (Community living / Advocacy) ADAPT: CCA Hearing on January 16th, one way you can help!

California
(Accessibility / Laws) Calvert discusses solutions to ADA lawsuits -- Notification
(Children) California study finds no link between vaccine ingredient, autism
(Crime) Redding police will cite a driver for hitting a man in a wheelchair

Florida
(Criminal justice system) Paralyzed woman in Dania Beach put in jail for missing court hearing
(Travel / Accessibility) Roy Flora of US Franchise Systems Tapped for 'Access to Freedom' SATH Award

Illinois
(Families) 'My Maggie': Book recounts a life full of love by WLS disability issues correspondent Karen Meyer
* (Parking) Disabled parking -- no windshield sign?

Minnesota
* (Community living / Advocacy) Letter of the day: State must keep its promise to the disabled

New York
(Employment / Technology) Meet the People Who Are Working with a Disability
(Employment / Technology) New Wheelchair Helps People with Disabilities to Live as Normal a Life as Possible
(Employment / Technology) Paralyzed Construction Industry Professionals Back to Work with High-Tech Wheelchair
(Families) Help parents set up finances, health care now by Newsday family & relationships columnist Saul Friedman

North Carolina
(Crime) Handicapped Eden man robbed
(Crime) Arrests Made After Attack on Handicapped Man

Ohio
(Voting / Accessibility) New rule says counties with touch screen voting must also have printed ballots available

Pennsylvania
(Misc) Americans living longer with fewer disabilities

Tennessee
* (Contribution / Employment) Students look past wheelchair, see an 'exceptional teacher'

Virginia
(Safety) Police ID man killed in his wheelchair

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