INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: January 18, 2008

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Friday, January 18, 2008
Today's list includes 28 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
* (Sports) Effect of Prosthetics Ruling Is Unclear -- Oscar Pistorius
* (Sports) How can we quantify disability in sport? -- Oscar Pistorius

CANADA
* (Technology / Accessibility) Commission approves initiatives to benefit Canadians with disabilities and expand rural broadband services
(Veterans) Disabled veterans won't get day in Supreme Court

INDIA
* (Employment) It will correct bias against disabled

JAPAN
* (Employment) Polio-stricken man runs firm with aid of disabled employees

SOUTH AFRICA
(Misc) Board to Review Disability Grants in KZN

UNITED KINGDOM
* (Advocacy / Community living) Big Lottery Fund gives £4.2m to boost disability organisations
England
* (Crime) Wheelchair user's fury over theft

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UNITED STATES
* (Community living) Senator Barack Obama Statement on the Community Choice Act
* (Technology / Accessibility) Target misses ADA mark

Alabama
* (Institutions - nursing homes / Abuse) Violent dementia patient forced into bath

California
(Laws) Judges Violated ADA by Denying Trial Delay to Bipolar Pro Per
(Transportation) Paratransit committee needs new members

Colorado
(Employment -- Agrability)Disabled ranchers learn ways to stay in business

Connecticut
(Institutions - nursing homes) Reforms Urged For Nursing Homes

Florida
* (Accessibility / Safety) Tallahassee city commissioners revisit sidewalk debate
* (Transportation / Accessibility) Bus Stop Poses Problem To Disabled

Maryland
* (Safety / Accessibility) Curb cut across from Lyric is in disrepair

Massachusetts
* (Institutions - nursing homes) Courts strip elders of their independence

Mississippi
* (Accessibility / Safety) Lack of sidewalk irks alderman

Montana
* (Accessibility / Laws) Letter: Public buildings must be accessible to disabled

New Jersey
* (Advocacy) Advocate for disabled loses human rights post
(Children / Community living) Home care for disabled children offers more humane option

New York
(Institutions - nursing homes) Ahead of budget talks, advocates argue for maintaining funding of hospitals, nursing homes

Pennsylvania
(Employment) Keystone responds to lawsuit filed by former bus driver

West Virginia
(Institutions - nursing homes / Veterans) State denies license for vets nursing home

Wisconsin
(Safety / Accessibility) ADA Might Require Clean Sidewalks

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