INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: January 10 & 11, 2008

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BELOW THE FOLD

Thursday, January 10 & 11, 2008
Today's list includes 40 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
Canada
India
Ireland
Japan
Malawi
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States

AUSTRALIA
(Transportation / Accessibility) HREOC report shows poor disability access on transport

CANADA
British Columbia
(Crime) Thief strikes blind woman
(Sports) Men's national wheelchair basketball team to train in Vancouver prior to heading to Beijing
Ontario
* (Awareness) Wheelchair-bound student plans to hit the road to raise awareness

INDIA
(Health care) Wheelchair-bound surgeon from US beacon of hope for thousands in India

IRELAND
* (Education - secondary / Accessibility) Going to College: Choosing the college to best suit your disability

JAPAN
(Children / Awareness) Author takes literary look at raising disabled children

MALAWI
* (Advocacy) British envoy says Malawi to benefit on Convention of persons with disabilities

NEW ZEALAND
(Misc) Intellectual disability workers going on strike

UNITED KINGDOM
(Employment) Advice day for young people with learning disabilities
* (Families) Everyone in Jodee Mundy's family is deaf - except for her
(Parking) Asda to fine drivers misusing car parks
England
(Criminal justice system) Man Fined For Drinkdriving In Disability Scooter
* (Employment) Help For Disabled To Start Business

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UNITED STATES
* (Health care / Accessibility) Blocked

Alaska
(Employment) Governor appoints six to disabilities panel

California
(Churches / Housing) Congregation transforms empty parsonage into group home for people with disabilities
* (Community living) Schwarzenegger Cuts Funding for Elderly, Blind, and Disabled Californians in Proposed State Budget

Colorado
* (Employment / Laws) Town of Center, former employee reach settlement
(Voting / Accessibility) Time Needed to Fix Voting Machine

Connecticut
* (Community living / Families) UCP seeks land for homes for disabled
(Institutions - nursing homes) Communities Could Wait Years To Get Haven's Taxes

Florida
(Misc) JARC opens library as resource for developmental disabilities
* (Recreation / Technology) Commentary: Special wheelchair makes Florida beaches accessible
(Sports) Gold medalist speaks in Vero Beach about competing despite disability

Guam
* (Advocacy) Guam advocates form group to lobby for people with disabilities

Illinois
(Crime / Parking) Man charged with faking disabled parking application
(Education - special) Governor signs special education funding law
(Sports) Chicago area athlete making strides with disability by WLS-TV disability issues reporter Karen Meyer

Indiana
* (Community living) FSSA releases program funding after lawmakers get involved

Maryland
(Crime) Teen Charged With Stealing Hagerstown Man's Wheelchair

Massachusetts
* (Abuse) Audit: Commission for disabled needs more investigators
* (Voting / Accessibility) Technology empowers visually impaired voters

Missouri
(Safety) State orders autopsy of mentally disabled man
* (Service animals) A nose for service

New Hampshire
(Institutions - nursing homes) Medicaid cuts slam state's nursing homes

New York
(Crime) Ulysses man accused of raping mentally disabled women

Tennessee
(Misc) Budget cuts impact East Tenn. residents with disabilities

Virginia
* (Service animals / Education) Cole has amendment to disabilities law

Washington
* (Employment / Accessibility) Disability issues top agenda of Town Hall meeting Feb. 7 -- Port Townsend

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