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• Op-ed: ‘Shame on doctors prejudiced against Down syndrome’
• Columnist: Abortion for Down syndrome isn’t eugenics
• Columnist: BBC misread data on Down syndrome births
• Denmark records dramatic drop in births of babies with DS
• Milwaukee suit seeks education for overlooked students
• Girl Scouts reject girl with autism
• Real estate slump opens doors for people with disabilities
• Autism takes major toll on family finances
• Five friends lose group home as state funding dries up
• Australian immigration minister says Moeller family can stay
• Travel week
• Nebraska law exposes gaps in mental health care
• School board suspends teacher who let class vote out autistic student
• Children’s mental health care lagging
• Economic woes cause cuts in disability services
• Sequenom sees big market in prenatal testing for autism, other conditions
• Troubled CA school district moves toward special ed reform
• Op-ed: Society can choose to help those most in need
• Report: Gulf War Syndrome is real
• Jon Stewart on Leary’s book: ‘Most of this is gibberish, Denis’
• Book: One mom’s acceptance of son’s autism
• Mom helps son’s classmates understand autism
• Mom asks: Has my son has recovered from autism?
• Op-ed: NC should honor, aid victims of sterilization
• Book examines high court support for sterilization of ‘unfit’
• High court rejects disability case
• CA court ruling: Only nurses can give students insulin
• Birth defects linked to assisted reproduction
• Learning to give and accept help
• ‘Dear Noel, Is life really not worth living?’
• Director, advocates object to film’s ‘disability’ label
• Massachusetts cuts funding for job service centers
• Nebraska expected to alter safe haven law
• Op-ed: End disability discrimination
• Your campaign snapshots: Take 7
• Palin remarks on disabilities at GOP governors’ meeting
• Wheelchair-accessible truck trike offers ‘freedom’
• Neighbors fear new group home residents
• Landmark settlement could move thousands from IL institutions
• Family breaks Australian immigration barrier for people with DS
• Seattle home-care program reaches ‘end of a cliff’
• Dance class ‘uplifting’ for people with Parkinson’s
• Rape spurs questions about safeguards for vulnerable adults
• Californians oppose cuts in home care
• Video shows Dallas bus driver choking student
• Barone: Media opposed Palin because she didn’t have abortion
• Veterans’ families seek government payment as caregivers
• Op-ed: Disabled Coloradoans still need help
• Veterans groups sue over disability claim delays
• Ranks of home caregivers growing
• Geraldo soliciting stories from waiting lists
• Your campaign snapshots: Take 7
• One year later, conditions still poor at Texas institution
• Missouri state senator at center of prenatal testing debate
• U.S. hospital attempts to deport infant with DS
• Economic woes bring end to autism therapy
• Down syndrome immigration cases called ‘tip of the iceberg’
• Editorial: Colorado must fund services for people with disabilities
• Longer lives for people with DS bring rewards, risks
• Adoptions of children with Down syndrome are on the rise
• Long overdue Paralympics telecast stirs emotions
• Rights leader urges Australia to reverse Moeller decision
• Iowa cuts ‘idiot’ from state Constitution
• Advocates seek voting rights for those with intellectual disabilities
• Transplant MD faces trial in death of man with disabilities
• Op-ed: Florida schools failing students with disabilities
• Washington voters OK assisted suicide initiative
• In a push for unity, Obama acceptance speech …
• Colorado rejects Amendment 51
• Voters see lack of disabled access at Indiana polls
• Column: My daughters aren’t anti-abortion poster children
• NC mom alleges vote fraud by group home worker
• Offer prenatal screening or face lawsuits, Canadian MDs told
• Column: Trig is a blessing, not a prop
• Man with disability to appeal dorm query to trustees
• Op-ed: Georgia bureaucracy overlooks kids with special needs
• California GOP seeks probe over disabled voting
• Mother challenges son’s absentee ballot
• Indiana assists voters with disabilities
• Palin voucher plan: Could it work?
• Families of people with special needs connect with Palin
• Mom asks: Am I pro-choice or pro-life?
• Editorial: Change ‘idiot’ in Iowa Constitution
• Gupta: Children with DS face ‘frustrating stereotypes’
• Teen’s wheelchair back flip sets world record
• Demands rise to let doctor stay
• First person: ‘Haunted by my lost son’
• Column: Palin fruit fly remark is ‘bad buzz’
• UK woman loses assisted suicide bid
• South Korean court: Only blind people can be masseurs
• Pundit: Lack of Palin records raises questions about Trig
• Women with disabilities at high risk for abuse, assault
• Australia denies doctor residency because of son’s disability
• Palin’s ‘major policy’ speech: Vague promises, no platform
• Fact check: Would Obama plan hurt special needs trusts?
• Op-ed: Palin doesn’t speak for ’special needs children’
• Op-ed: Palin speaks for ’special needs children’
• Op-ed: Palin, McCain should oppose Medicaid cuts
• Editorial: Vaccination requirements must be enforced
• Op-ed: Palin shows Obama how to transcend culture wars
• Op-ed: Eight reasons to reject Amendment 51
• Column: Palin speech omits words like ‘disability,’ ‘Medicaid’
• Paul Offit on ‘Autism’s False Prophets’
• Localities angry at special ed funding cuts
• Ceremony adapted to celebrate a young man’s life
• Man with disability fights to live in college dorm
• ‘Gene chip’ prenatal tests cause controversy
• Column: Abortion guilt may trigger hostility toward Palin
• Students with disabilities face tricky transition to college
• Denis Leary comments anger Emerson alumni
• ‘Sibshops’ help siblings of kids with autism
• Obama campaign refutes Palin tax claim
• For expectant families, agonizing choices
• ‘10 Myths about Autism’
• Families of children with disabilities fall through health care gaps
• Does Obama plan target special needs trusts?
• Palin details plan to help kids with disabilities
• Palin disability speech previewed
• Op-ed: Palin no friend of people with disabilities
• Palin disability speech expected
• One mom shares experience with DS
• Columnist: Palin faces ‘hatred’ for having child with DS
• Op-ed: More GA parents using special ed vouchers
• Palin: Trig’s DS is manifestation of God’s will
• Blind band will be first in Rose Parade history
• Teen who killed himself at school had learning disability
• Parents home school to avoid vaccines, fearing autism
• ‘Love and agony’ for Colorado parents awaiting services
• Column: Palin using Trig as political prop
• Man with disabilities dies unaided, lost in DC’s bureaucratic maze
• Palin opposes Colorado tax to help people with disabilities
• Last Best Buddies Ball goes out in a blaze of glitz
• Columnist calls for ‘clear policy on euthanasia’
• City honors ‘inspiring’ boy who sought peace
• Staff no-shows blamed for special ed backlog in DC
• Your campaign snapshots: Take 6
• McCain remarks on autism win disapproval among families
• Parents lobbying for autism insurance mandates
• Mom looking for home for 37-year-old son with autism
• Man with disabilities lives in terror after attacks, torture
• Goodwill fined in death of worker with disabilities
• One mom’s choice: Hide son’s condition — even from him
• Illinois girl with DS wins homecoming crown, peers’ respect
• Column: Why liberal women loathe Sarah Palin
• Editorial: Parents fought ‘losing battle’ to keep institution open
• Tot with autism left on school bus 6 hours
• Celebrity talks about his ADHD
• Parents lobby for autism insurance mandates
• Disability protests loom over Mass. budget cuts
• Police probe ‘assisted suicide’ of UK rugby star
• How to reach teenagers with autism?
• Ex-CEO with Asperger’s explains it all
• Experts challenge overuse of school ‘time-out’ rooms
• Column: ‘My son is not a political pawn’
• Op-ed: Palin should follow JFK’s example
• Madonna knocks Ritchie as ‘emotionally retarded’
• ‘Mental retardation’ dropped from state agency name
• Disability advocacy groups fight offensive language
• Palin has mixed record on ’special needs kids’
• Did John McCain confuse autism with Down syndrome?
• International advocates seek autism support
• Palin understands ‘very special needs children,’ McCain says
• Suspects charged with ‘assault motivated by bias’
• Doctors are prejudiced against babies with DS, columnists say
• Students with disabilities want ’safe areas’ at school
• Man with disabilities is tortured, left for dead; 4 charged
• ‘Simple Jack’ popular for Halloween, survey says
• Denis Leary: Kids with autism are ‘just stupid’
• SNL skit lampoons character with disabilities
• ‘No child’ rule penalizes school for kids with disabilities
• Families of people with DS ‘flock’ to Palin rallies
• Homecoming queen with DS featured on ABC News
• ‘Little person no more’
• Palin, McCain sending mixed messages on disability funding?
• NJ report: Help people with dual diagnoses
• Voters to decide on ‘idiot’ clause in Iowa law
• A review of ‘The Voice: A Memoir’
• Bureaucratic snarls keep kids from health care
• New York pushing to create special-needs schools
• Gordon Brown’s eyesight reported failing
• Adults with disabilities: What happens when parents die?
• Op-ed: ‘No plan for the mentally retarded’
• Palin links disability, abortion
• Homeless man burned to death in LA; Mentally ill?
• Applicants wait years for OK on disability benefits
• Economic woes endanger jobs for people with disabilities
• Students choose classmate with DS as homecoming queen
• ‘The Deaf Issue’
• Palin links disability advocacy with pro-life stance
• Opinion: Informed consent needed in prenatal DS testing
• Columnist raps public ‘intolerance for imperfection’
• ‘Dancing with the Stars’ pro leads class for people with DS
• No place like home for injured veterans
• Editorial: Law is ‘key investment’ in mental health care
• Special needs planning — What happens when parents die?
• It’s official: President signs disability diagnosis bill
• Disabled workers at disadvantage in job market
• Exhibit teaches about living with blindness
• Editorial: ‘Who will help disabled as cuts destroy lives?’
• ‘Life as a disabled gamer’
• Column: Redskins ruling lacks common sense
• ‘Elderspeak’: Belittling language can damage health
• Additional items for Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008
• Op-ed: Where’s Palin’s disability agenda?
• Pratchett: End Alzheimer’s stigma
• High court declines Paralympic bias case
• Hollywood performers unveil disability rights initiative
• State programs for people with disabilities face cuts
• Scientists promise ’safer’ prenatal test for Down syndrome
• Top UK prosecutor: Crack down on disability hate crime
• Cardinal hails Trig as symbol of antiabortion fight
• Obit: Edward Klima, 77, identified signing as complex language
• Longmore: Palin talks about ’special needs children,’ but …
• Mental health parity passes with bailout bill
• Paralympic champ faces stigma at home
• Advocates: Boost voter turnout among people with disabilities
• Little people gather, share lives
• Gallaudet opening itself to the world
• Survey: One in four Americans thinks vaccines cause autism
• ‘Blindness’ movie opens to protests
• Op-ed: Let’s change our focus regarding Down syndrome
• Op-ed: Trig is turning the tide
• Complaint says district shortchanges students with disabilities
• CDC finds racial disparities in health of people with disabilities
• Author says ‘Blindness’ criticism is unfounded
• Where are the questions about disability issues?
• Additional items for Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008
• News is bleak for Disability Employment Awareness Month
• Controversy over PETA billboard linking milk, autism
• As VP debate looms, coverage of Palin and disability
• Separate gym offers ’safer’ workout to people with disabilities
• ‘Karaoke group shows the power of song’
• Charity: New technology could better support people with LD
• Actresses ‘duke it out’ over vaccines, autism
• Financial planning for kids with disabilities
• Ex-Yankee still pitching — for people with disabilities
• Activists plan protest of movie ‘Blindness’
• Sam Brownback: Special needs call for special attention
• New priorities needed in Down syndrome research, writer says
• ‘Prom king with Down syndrome goes to college’
• Toronto private school serves kids with learning disabilities
• After lawsuit, MA improves disability access at State House
• Jenny McCarthy: Autism ‘vaccine injuries’ can be healed
• Columnist: ‘Even child murderer may deserve compassion’
• Additional items for Monday, Sept. 29, 2008
• Parents abandoning kids under Nebraska safe haven law
• ADA Amendments Act signing photo released
• Proposed group home project draws ire in Tennessee
• Point-counterpoint on grad requirements for kids with disabilities
• ‘Parents in name only’
• Colorado voters consider measure to reduce waiting lists
• ‘Rare disease, rarer minds’
• Woman with Down syndrome: ‘I have a great life’
• Op-ed: ‘Nobody has a duty to die’
• Column: Campaigns need to get specific on disability issues
• Op-ed: Palin lifts disability profile, but more work is needed
• Walgreens plant to focus on people with disabilities
• Under pressure, Apple agrees to make iTunes more accessible
• Santorum: ‘Imperfect’ children remind us of deeper truths
• Athlete Brad Hennefer will teach golf to New York buddies
• Parents adjust employment for children with disabilities
• UN forum focuses attention on autism
• Your campaign snapshots: Take 5
• Court: Those who assist in suicide can still inherit
• Controversy over ‘duty to die’ comments
• Congress OKs Kennedy-Brownback disability diagnosis bill
• ‘The special-needs kindergarten crunch’
• President Bush joined by his father at ADA bill signing
• Parents describe challenges after murder of girl with CP
• Congress moves closer to mental health parity
• Sequenom shares jump after new DS test data announced
• Senate passes disability diagnosis bill
• Drug research hints at reversal of autism, Fragile X symptoms
• VA to quadruple benefits for brain trauma
• Millions will go into creating institute for Down syndrome
• Op-ed: Palin offers ‘empty promises to desperate families’
• Additional Items for September 22, 2008
• Genevieve’s dad: ‘I’m always capable of more than I think I am’
• Books: ‘Autism’s false prophets’ by Paul A. Offit
• Books: ‘Deaf Sentence’ by David Lodge
• Editorial: Approval for ‘landmark’ civil rights legislation
• Plans to privatize mental health care in Georgia raise questions
• More actors with disabilities are seen on TV
• Editorial: ‘Friendship’ from Palin is not enough
• Additional items for September 21, 2008
• Google co-founder says genetic test links him to Parkinson’s
• Florida Medicaid recipients challenge nursing homes
• Opinion: McCain doesn’t offer anything to people with disabilities
• Opinion: Public should know if Palin considered abortion
• Columnists: ‘Palin belongs at home, not in Washington’
• Disability claims at Long Island Rail Road called ‘epidemic’
• Your campaign snapshots: Take 4
• Technology helps kids in hospitals attend school with peers
• Feds drop controversial chelation study
• Investigators: Minnesota facility improperly handcuffed residents
• Summing up the Paralympics
• The renaissance of the word ‘retard’
• In South Korea, concerns over livelihood for blind people
• Brownback fails to revive disability diagnosis bill
• Breaking news: Kennedy-Brownback bill …
• Legislators ‘on special mission’ with kids with Down syndrome
• Opinion: Kids in special ed should have different exit exam goals
• NPR: Students with disabilities prepare for college
• Barney Frank confronts disability protesters; 15 arrested
• Op-ed: ‘The value of these precious lives’
• Op-ed: Palin exploited Trig for political gain
• House passes ADA expansion bill
• Additional items for Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008
• Paralympic games end with a sizzle
• Column: Palin using her child as political prop
• Your campaign snapshots: Take 3
• Op-ed: Palin advances humanity of people with disabilities
• Research prompts dispute between Down syndrome groups
• Expert’s new book defends vaccines against autism critics
• Finding a college for students with special needs
• Paralympic equestrian star ‘was given up for dead’
• Advocates: Insurers should pay share of autism therapy
• Specific diagnoses — not commonalities — new advocacy focus
• Film festival promotes disability awareness, appreciation
• Disability rights group stages protests in DC area
• ‘Why disabled techies rock’
• ‘Opening new worlds: The disability boom’
• Student restraints: Parents, teachers voice concerns
• Paul Longmore: An open letter to disability rights constituency
• Op-ed: GOP wants to close doors on stem cell research
• Families balance life with Down syndrome
• Paralympics struggles to define disability
• Rud and Ann Turnbull: Disability community, beware of Palin
• Columnist questions graduation exams for kids with disabilities
• Op-ed: ‘Howe to close, at last’
• Congressional candidate has ‘compelling back story’
• Traveling with autism
• Researchers: Tests for Down syndrome pose risks to all babies
• Families tell of life with Down syndrome
• Under fire, Virginia drops plan to curb parent input in special ed
• A journey to college with autism, depression
• Gerson on Sarah Palin’s ‘bad example’
• ‘Divers go deep to overcome disabilities’
• Letter to the editor: Proposed budget cuts would destroy lives
• Soccer player ejected from Paralympics: Not disabled enough
• USOC seeks federal funds; Some veterans wary
• Senate approves ADA expansion
• ‘Welcome to the special needs club’
• Top Canadian MD worried about Palin’s impact on abortions
• Your campaign snapshots: Take 2
• Dem leader apologizes for Palin abortion remark
• McCain’s now a co-sponsor of disability diagnosis bill GOP killed
• Parents: Doctors need more care counseling expectant parents
• Your campaign snapshots: Take 1
• SC colleges welcome students with intellectual disabilities
• Stem-cell issue energizes race
• Family featured on ‘Limbaugh’
• Inconsistent disability services force families to move
• CA says students with disabilities bring down exit exam scores
• Gerson: Trig Palin is a ‘civil rights leader’
• Palin, disability and Down syndrome, September 9, 2008
• Paralympics wheelchair racers crash; Race to be repeated
• Factcheckers: Many claims about Palin are false, misleading
• Editorial: Debunking an autism theory
• Kentucky works to keep embattled institution open
• Washington state mental health care is ‘gravely disabled’
• Michigan fans rave about accessible stadium seats
• Georgia schools chief wins cash for kids with disabilities
• Sightings on the campaign trail
• MTV awards host: Bush is ‘retarded cowboy’
• Palin, disability and Down syndrome: Sept. 8, 2008
• Families hope Palin candidacy will raise disability awareness
• Paralympics opening ceremony dazzles
• Palin, disability and Down syndrome: Sept. 7, 2008
• From Slate.com, a cartoon by Glenn McCoy
• Paralympians accuse USOC of discrimination, funding inequity
• Disability advocates warily optimistic about Palin’s pledge
• Questions, we get questions
• Palin and Down syndrome: Coverage soars
• Closing rumored for troubled Illinois instititutions
• Opinion: Fellow Wasilla mom says Palin putting kids at risk
• Columnist: Sarah Palin is hypocritical on reproductive choice
• ‘Sarah Palin’s family drama’
• Disability theme emerges anew at Republican convention
• Guest commentary on Palin: ‘We need more than a photo-op’
• Beijing welcomes Paralympics; Stigma persists
• Your thoughts, please!
• New study: Measles vaccine doesn’t cause autism
• Three words for those who wonder …
• Palin pledges support for families with special needs
• Special ed still lags in DC, falls short of court-ordered goals
• He’ll chronicle life with Alzheimer’s
• On Trig Palin: ‘A child with special needs enlarges the world’
• Man with Down syndrome is going for the record; He’s 80
• Additional items for Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008
• ‘Labeled Disabled’: Film challenges disability myths
• Accessible field helps Georgia kids play ball
• Shriver: Baby Trig could be ‘game changer’ in abortion debate
• Palin candidacy sparks new debate about motherhood
• Additional stories for Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
• Students in special ed must meet Maryland standards for all
• Mother campaigns for medical care for kids with disabilities
• Novelist: ‘You need to take my son to jail’
• Palin says 17-year-old daughter is pregnant
• Column: ‘What’s missing in the R-word debate’
• Horrific institutions in Serbia warehouse people with intellectual disabilities
• Illinois lags on moving people out of institutions
• ‘Palin pick brings boatload of assumptions’: Columnist
• Overheard: Limbaugh jest on Obama, Palin, Down syndrome
• State fails to oversee funds for vulnerable people
• Analysis: Paterson speech was out of character
• Editorial: Accessible e-commerce is good business
• Op-ed: Profit-driven prenatal tests rob women of informed choice
• ‘A nod to Sarah Palin from someone who will never vote for her’
• VP pick excites families of people with Down syndrome
• Palin VP choice puts Roe v. Wade in campaign spotlight
• Palins tell ‘People’ about life with baby Trig
• Additional discussion of ‘Tropic Thunder’ and the ‘R-word’
• Iraq vet: ‘Bush let our warriors down’
• These moms couldn’t find a school, so they started their own
• A note about language for my friends in the media
• AP, CNN, NYT: Palin’s the one
• As McCain chooses running mate, Palin speculation mounts
• Palestinean police find pair with disabilities locked away
• Virginia families seeking more support for people with autism
• Target settles lawsuit over website access
• In Georgia, big changes loom for troubled mental health services
• Disability wasn’t Paterson’s choice for convention speech topic
• Paterson: Obama will ‘open opportunities for the disabled’
• Vote drive serves people with developmental disabilities
• Miami City Hall a classroom for students with disabilities
• Report: Metro Nashville segregates students
• Early Alzheimer’s patients fear stigma
• Writer: Changes needed in Hollywood’s portrayal of disability
• Measles outbreaks soar; Experts blame autism concerns
• NYC residents say housing not accessible
• Public facilities tailor events to people with autism
• Lawsuit filed against New Jersey governor by disability group
• High autism rates among Somali children in Minnesota
• Nebraska law allows abandonment of teens, kids with disabilities
• Group homes face opposition in Tennessee
• McCain backs autism research, higher special ed funding
• Columnist: ‘Not just crass, a word that hurts’
• Judge: Firm must give experimental drug to boy with MD
• Study: Families of kids with disabilities face ‘chilling’ hardships
• Obama pledges full funding for special education
• Op-ed: ‘Tropic Thunder sets back a movement’
• Justice Department announces probe of Texas institutions
• Commentary: Diverse voices on the ‘R-word’
• ‘A Beauty Queen with Cerebral Palsy’
• Unlocking the secret to Mr. C.
• Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over restraints, timeout room
• Abortion foes attack Obama over 2003 Illinois Senate bill
• Relatives plead for home options for Texans with disabilities
• Georgia official apologizes
• Minorities, kids with disabilities more likely to be paddled
• BBC asks: Does disability hate crime exist?
• Georgia official challenges ‘mentally retarded’ living in community; discrimination alleged
• Farms help adults with disabilities develop skills
• Writer: Young people with disabilities need jobs, a chance at life
• Craig Dietz is Michael Phelps — minus the limbs
• Social Security employees claim anti-disability bias
• Op-ed: People with disabilities deserve human rights, not stigma
• U.S. says many NY apartments violate access law
• Downey: ‘Nothing is above satire’
• Op-ed: ‘When words wound’
• Public service announcement calls for ‘Respect’
• Op-ed: People with intellectual disabilities deserve R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• Olympic medalist made swimming history with ADHD
• Aging population presents challenges for caregivers
• Blind Ugandan boxer challenges expectations
• ‘Tropic Thunder’ beats Batman; Shriver speaks out on GMA
• Columnist: Sequenom’s prenatal test fuels big stock jump
• UK leader defends late abortions for disability
• South Africa’s du Toit to compete in Olympics
• Sunday’s crop: ‘Thunder’ commentary
• Presidential hopefuls court voters with disabilities
• Op-eds, letters, coverage of ‘Tropic Thunder’
• Paramount marketing manager gone. Coincidence?
• ‘Tropic Thunder’: My views
• Goldstein: What if Stiller went ‘full-Jew’?
• Disability rights group calls on Stiller to meet
• Parents sue school over suicide of student with disabilities
• Divided opinion on disruptive behavior by kids with autism
• Thousands on waiting lists for disability services
• Op-ed: Tribute to John Mark Stallings
• Debate rages over use of the word ‘retard’ in ‘Tropic Thunder’
• Local protests held in response to ‘Tropic Thunder’
• More coverage of ‘Tropic Thunder’ …
• CNN posts footage of protest at ‘Thunder’ premiere
• ‘Tropic Thunder’ merchandising
• Coverage of ‘Tropic Thunder’ premiere
• Stiller, co-writer say boycott isn’t warranted
• Tim Shriver’s op-ed on ‘Tropic Thunder’
• ‘Tropic Thunder’ boycott expected
• Editorial: ‘Writing Off Disabled Children’
• ‘We cannot ignore the AIDS plight of the disabled’
• What happened to the ‘Simple Jack’ trailer?
• Just the facts … about ‘Tropic Thunder’
• Internet trailer features footage of Simple Jack
• ‘Full retard’ tshirts already on sale
• ‘Tropic Thunder’ screenings postponed as premiere looms
• Museum posts news video remembering John Mark Stallings
• Marine returns to combat duty after amputation
• ‘Disabled, but not enough for job protections’
• Connecticut program teaches young adults to live on their own
• Higher-ed bill would assist students with disabilities
• ‘Thunder showings set in wake of complaints’
• ‘Tropic Thunder’ meeting called productive; Talks ongoing
• Op-ed: Exit exams benefit students with disabilities
• Mental patients turned away from Atlanta’s Grady Hospital
• The Arc memo: Prepare for ‘massive action’ on ‘Tropic Thunder’
• Oregon insurer will pay for suicide drugs, not cancer treatment
• Blind skaters get access to rink
• Public health experts: National registries needed
• Seattle ACCESS clients stranded when buses don’t show
• Blind teens say ice rink denied them access; Police called
• Son with autism left on school bus; Parents sue
• UK charity: People with disabilities have right to sexuality
• Celebrities battle over vaccines
• Sex abuse charges trail Mel Levine, expert on learning disabilities
• Variety: ‘Tropic Thunder’ promo pulled after complaints
• UK celebrity calls for mental health pride
• New York eying changes in IEP diplomas
• Op-ed: ‘McCain should show more courage on disabilities’
• Seven Philly employees suspended in death of disabled teen
• Coincidence?
• Readers: What’s your advice on ‘Tropic Thunder’?
• People with disabilities often wait years for Social Security
• Higher ed bill would improve access for students with disabilities
• Q&A with Ms.Wheelchair America
• ‘Sorry, Mr. Stiller … You’ve crossed the line’
• Obit: John Mark Stallings, son of former UA football coach
• Parents, system blamed for starvation of teen with disabilities
• ‘Tropic Thunder’ update
• Disability rights groups organizing over ‘Tropic Thunder’
• Senate ADA Amendments bill has 63 co-sponsors
• ‘Never go full retard’
• Tropic Thunder: ‘Once upon a time … There was a retard’
• Federal inspectors: Georgia mental patients in ‘jeopardy’
• Girl pleads guilty to torturing teen with disabilities
• Court orders Mervyns to provide access
• Court testimony: Mom threatened suicide over son’s disabilities
• In Switzerland, people with disabilities have an easier path
• Column: McCain’s VP pick ‘could save lives’
• ‘Dear Abby’ stands corrected on autism
• ‘How did Chopin die? It matters’
• Genetic testing of kids: What if condition is incurable?
• Higher rates of learning disabilities among adopted children
• Kelly Knox becomes ‘Britain’s Missing Top Model’
• Additional items for Tuesday, July 29, 2008
• Candidates release statements on disability issues
• Pennsylvania high court weakens hate crime protections
• People with learning disabilities dying unnecessarily: UK inquiry
• Pennsylvania autism insurance bill may be nation’s strongest
• Editorial: Renaming state bureaucracy a waste of sensitivity
• Editorial: Sex life has no place in disability discrimination claim
• ‘Swimmer losing sight, gains insight’
• Injured vets pull Cheney invitation over security demands
• Kennedy-Brownback bill dies in Senate spending showdown
• Latest Alzheimer’s coverage
• ‘Disabled youngsters forced into marriage to provide passports’
• Additional items for Sunday, July 27, 2008
• Columnist: ADA is good law used for bad purpose
• Dad creates system to help parents of kids with ADHD
• Atlanta’s Judd, Miller honored for mental health reporting
• Teri Garr back in the movies after MS, aneurysm
• McCain supports expanded ADA
• Q&A: Judy Woodruff on life with disabilities
• Michael Savage conversation continues …
• Coverage of the ADA’s 18th anniversary
• Poland: Don’t test Chopin’s heart for cystic fibrosis
• Man with autism starts his own small business
• Advocates: ‘We deserve Community Choice Act’
• Racing together
• Woman overcomes hurdles to open her own business
• Syndicator backs Savage; Cleveland station dumps him
• Italy to charge Google execs over video taunting incident
• ‘Keeping our promise to Americans with disabilities’
• Concerns raised over proposed ADA regulations
• More Canadians with disabilities finding work
• Flying can be a rough ride for kids with autism
• Book review: Singer’s memoir documents life with disability
• Editorial: Radio host is ‘clueless and cruel’
• Disability rights advocates seek law opening access to sports
• ‘Who’ll be the first to offer disabled people a job?’
• Spending on veterans exceeds 1947 high
• GAO report: Disabled truck, bus drivers pose safety threat
• ‘Court: Disability laws protect those unable to have sex’
• Chicago Trib asks: Are African-Americans more likely than others to abuse disabled parking?
• Man gets prison in ID theft of man with Down syndrome
• Disability rights advocates rally in Washington
• More than you wanted to know about Michael Savage
• Venture program under fire
• Companies increasingly support workers with disabilities
• Savage defends autism remarks
• Boston mayor probes suspicious disability claims
• To get help, people with mental illness go to jail
• Actress apologizes for vaccine ‘parasite’ remark
• Opinion: Voices of people with Alzheimer’s must be heard
• Autism advocates want talk show host’s job
• Editorial: Better care needed for Texans with mental disabilities
• Cities making playgrounds more accessible
• Writer: Expectant parents need accurate information
• Two powerful books about life, love … and disability
• Columnist: ‘In vitro we trust’
• Man led multimillion-dollar drug ring from his wheelchair
• Columnist: Sarah Palin should be on McCain short list
• Delaware gubernatorial candidates joust at disability forum
• Special Olympics marks 40th anniversary
• Commentary: Where’s the support for adults with autism?
• ‘Bodybuilding firefighter ordered back to work’
• Pistorius won’t compete in Beijing Olympics
• ‘Disabled’ firefighter competes in bodybuilding contest
• Op-ed: ‘Reaching out to the disabled’
• ‘General Hospital’ star embraces bipolar condition
• ‘Netherlands’ health care reflects national values’
• European court bans job bias against caregivers
• Influential British mom: Selective termination is genocide
• &#