INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: January 16, 2008

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BELOW THE FOLD

Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Today's list includes 29 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
Jamaica
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States

AUSTRALIA
* (Awareness) Opinion -- Stop and think: invisible access for invisible disabilities

CANADA
(Travel) Robbing (able-bodied) Petra to pay (disabled) Paula
Ontario
* (Community living) Disabled residents come home

JAMAICA
* (Transportation / Accessibility) Transport Centre Disabled Friendly

NEW ZEALAND
(Crime) Wheelchair thefts frustrate Waikato Hospital

UNITED KINGDOM
* (Community living / Advocacy) Learning disabilities: Valuing People Now and Community Care's A Life Like Any Other campaign
* (Employment) CofE commended for good disability employment practices
(Institutions - nursing homes) Long term conditions compendium of information
* (Poverty / Advocacy) Campaigner backs MP in fighting for the disabled
England
* (Housing / Accessibility) Disabled given more cash to adapt homes
* (Parking) Parking clampdown welcomed by disability campaigners
Scotland
* (Crime) Concern at crime against disabled
* (Crime) Scottish hate crime laws to be tightened
Wales
(Crime) Driver is jailed for disability fraud

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UNITED STATES
* (Institutions - nursing homes) Illness, Race Tied In Study Of Care
* (Misc) "Failing The Disabled", Investigation: Disability Benefits System Harbors Culture Of Denying Help To Even The Most Unfit To Work

California
* (Advocacy) Disability Perspective: 1970's Thinking in Proposed Charter
(Education - secondary) UCLA Extension program opens doors for students with developmental disabilities
* (Sports) Willie O'Ree broke barriers in NHL despite disability

Georgia
* (Arts) Full Radius Dance: Dancers With and Without Disabilities Performing Together

Missouri
(Contribution) Leadership forum seeks juniors, seniors with disabilities
(Crime) Paraplegic whose wheelchair-accessible van was stolen gets a replacement as a gift

New York
* (Arts / Awareness) Disabilities take the stage for Geva play
(Institutions - nursing homes) State approves Unity's plan for homelike nursing facility

North Carolina
(Community living) Forum on aging and disability postponed

Pennsylvania
(Crime / Children) Chair is boy's lifeline

Rhode Island
(Education - special) Special education collaborative reports surplus

Washington
(Veterans) WA House passes property tax relief bill for disabled veterans

West Virginia
* (Employment - entrepreneurship) Area businessman proves disability doesn't have to hold you down

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