INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: January 9, 2008

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BELOW THE FOLD

Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Today's list includes 26 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
Ireland
New Zealand
Pakistan
United Kingdom
United States

AUSTRALIA
(Children) Inquiry opens into children in disability centres
* (Community living) WA Govt to fund health service for the elderly and disabled
* (Technology) Flying with disability in Second Life

INDIA
* (Employment) “Bias cannot defeat rights of disabled employees”

IRELAND
* (Accessibility / Advocacy) Access is main concern for people with disabilities in Leitrim

NEW ZEALAND
(Misc) Funding Increase Freeze Highlights Major Problems In Disability Sector
(Misc) Cut bureaucracy not disability funding
(Misc) More money for disability sector

PAKISTAN
(Awareness) ‘Disabled in no way socially and intellectually inferior’

UNITED KINGDOM
England
* (Advocacy / Housing) Breaking down disability barriers
* (Crime) Disabled man 'killed for sport'
Wales
* (Accessibility / Awareness) Wheelchair user frustrated by everyday problems
(Misc) Cancer patient loses visa battle

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UNITED STATES
* (Travel / Accessibility) When reserving a disabled-accessible room, clarity is key

Arizona
* (Technology) Tank chair: Arizona inventor creates all-weather wheelchair

Florida
(Accessibility) Letter: Closed-captioning on School Board telecasts mandatory, not optional

Guam
* (Advocacy) Coalition Formed To Advocate For Poor People With Disabilities

Massachusetts
(Education / Accessibility) Overcoming obstacles

Michigan
* (Accessibility) Winning isn't everything - Editorials

Minnesota
(Education - special) Court upholds special ed services for private school students

Nebraska
* (Accessibility) Accessibility concerns for pedestrians noted

New Jersey
* (Employment) Bergen County offers free guidebooks to employers seeking people with disabilities

New York
(Education) NYC school system to stop paying for disabled student's education

Ohio
(Accessibility) Mayor Diebold wants to make city user-friendly for residents

Oklahoma
(Employment) Guthrie educator sues district

Pennsylvania
(Laws) Office shake-up -- refers to ADA Restoration Act

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