INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Below The Fold: January 30, 2008

Click For Home Page Inclusion Daily Express Logo

International Disability Rights News Service
Click here for home page & today's headlines

Not a subscriber? Have the latest disability rights news delivered to your email Inbox every week day.
Subscribe to Inclusion Daily Express today! OR
Try us for ten days FREE

BELOW THE FOLD

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Today's list includes 30 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.
Scroll down or click here to jump to:
International
Canada
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States

INTERNATIONAL
(Children) EU volunteers help disabled

CANADA
Alberta
(Crime) Disabled playwright attacked
(Crime) Vicious assault on wheelchair-bound woman was random: cops
Ontario
(Laws) Legal aid lawyer questions disability rulings due to success of appeals

UGANDA
(Health care) Disabled Ask for Special Beds

UNITED KINGDOM
* (Crime) We must protect disabled people against this wave of barbaric and hateful crimes
* (Health care / Technology) Is technology the answer to social care? by BBC News age & disability correspondent Geoff Adams-Spink
England
(Criminal justice system) Crippled in a burglary fall... then shoplifted in wheelchair
* (Health care) Medical matters 'muddy' for learning disabilities patients
(Parking) Disabled parking rules should be enforced
(Parking) Parking wardens ticket another disabled blue badge holder
Northern Ireland
* (Health care) Practices urged to accommodate learning disabilities
Scotland
(MIsc) Couple off to Nepal to build disability unit
(Parking) Parking fears for disabled drivers

Click here for top of this page

UNITED STATES
* (Education - special) Some States Shift IEP Burden of Proof to School Districts
(Veterans) Report: Army tried to stop VA from helping disabled Ft. Drum soldiers file for benefits
(Veterans) Senator Clinton requests probe into Drum soldiers' disability paperwork
(Veterans) Army, VA dispute NPR report on disabled soldiers

Arizona
(Children) We need your help, but how about . . .
(Families) Training Feb. 20 for parents of children with disabilities
(Misc) Experts help clarify laws, social services for special-need teens

California
* (Misc) Disability Ministry Joins Forces with the Academic World -- Joni and Friends International Disability Center

Colorado
* (Community living / Families) Looking to ease road for disabled

Florida
* (Health care) Proposed disabilities law may ease the pain of access to medical diagnostic equipment by TCPalm.com "disAbilities" columnist Allan Appel

Georgia
* (Service animals) Canine caregivers help autistic kids

Minnesota
(Misc) Telephone line helps those with disabilities

New Jersey
(Children) Bikur Cholim group loans wheelchair to help a disabled youth start school

New York
* (Education - special) Special needs at 'chaotic' Arab middle school

Veterans
(Veterans) Senate panel OKs vet nursing home

Washington
* (Families) Parents seek specialized class within foster care

Click here for top of this page

Please respect the copyright guidelines for these news sources. If you share any of this news and information with others, please tell them you learned about it from Inclusion Daily Express:
http://www.InclusionDaily.com.

Have the latest disability rights news delivered to your email Inbox every week day.
Subscribe to Inclusion Daily Express today! OR
Try us for ten days FREE

Get your news here!