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• Exclusion of student with DS from college class sparks concern
• Obit: Paul Steven Miller, law professor and disability advocate
• US Airways ejects man with wheelchair: ‘Too disabled to fly’
• Georgia settles ADA suit over confinement of people with disabilities
• More colleges welcome students with intellectual disabilities
• Government crackdown on autism ‘therapies’
• Touchdown video seen round the world
• Abortion of surrogate fetus with DS sparks ethics debate
• Columnist: Documentary dismantles stereotypes about DS
• Canadian nonprofit brings innovation to adult living
• $22 million grant to overhaul assessments in special ed
• iPad boosts communication for kids with disabilities
• Heroes? Victims? Or just plain parents …
• Vanderbilt enrolls students with intellectual disabilities
• Autism debate goes to high court
• ‘Monica & David’ premieres Thursday on HBO
• Harris poll: Businesses don’t welcome people with disabilities
• Kathy Ireland calls for end to underfunding of DS research
• President signs technology access measure
• Obama honors girl who inspired ‘Rosa’s law’
• Study: Lack of characters with disabilities on TV
• President signs ‘Rosa’s law’
• ‘Pennhurst Asylum’ attraction opens in former Pa. institution
• House OKs ‘Rosa’s Law’
• ‘Temple Grandin’ a big Emmy winner
• Job prospects dismal for people with disabilities
• Lawsuit: Special Olympics unfairly barred girl with service dog
• Psychologist did pioneering work in autism
• Vanderbilt welcomes students with intellectual disabilities
• Emmy exec: ‘Down Syndrome Girl’ will not air on awards shows
• Hingsburger on ‘R-word’: ‘Tremble when you say it’
• Jennifer Aniston draws fire for saying ‘retard’ on TV
• Advocacy group protests Emmy nod for ‘Down Syndrome Girl’
• Editorial praise for pruning outdated terms from NJ statutes
• Los Angeles theater group showcases abilities
• New Jersey law changes references to people with disabilities
• California community stunned by slaying of man with disabilities
• Bill would improve accessibility for Web, mobile devices
• Longmore helped establish disability study as academic field
• Paul K. Longmore, disability advocate and historian, was 64
• Short takes
• Judge slashes fine in Iowa abuse case
• Senate passes bill to improve web, mobile phone access
• Brad Hennefer highlights the possibilities
• ‘Our homes, not nursing homes,’ disability activists tell Obama
• State shuts care center after autistic man dies in sweltering van
• Madison inclusion policy draws students with disabilities
• Court: Chipotle restaurants violated ADA
• Australian state sees tripling of DS-related abortions
• Survey: ADA has not improved quality of life
• Selected coverage of ADA anniversary
• EEOC: Less than 1 percent of federal workers have disabilities
• Obama signs order to increase federal disability hiring
• ADA brings little progress in the workplace
• Tom Harkin: ADA is about ‘the right to live in the world’
• Despite ADA, much of Boston remains inaccessible
• Twenty years later, ADA still sparks debate
• Anne Ford: ADA brought disabilities out of the shadows
• Columnist: ADA brings progress, but U.S. lags on jobs
• Congressman: More work needed to achieve ADA’s promise
• Opinion: ‘Shameful wall of exclusion’ must come down
• Column: Despite ADA, challenges remain
• Writer celebrates ADA’s legacy of civil rights
• DOJ seeks improved Internet access for people with disabilities
• ‘We should close them all’
• Deep state budget cuts put people with disabilities at risk
• People with disabilities seek to open their own businesses
• Clara Claiborne Park, 86; Author raised awareness of autism
• Districts strain to serve students with multiple, severe disabilities
• 2 states get federal OK to cut special ed funding
• City to drivers with disabilities: Pay up
• Parents of student with DS seek removal of school textbook
• CA appeals court limits insulin injections in schools
• LA schools chief defends remark about special ed, ‘regular kids’
• Reporters find 250 cases of abuse in Texas facilities
• Pelosi heckled by disability activists
• Commentary: Georgia must end seclusion, restraints
• Does special ed ‘take from regular kids’? Readers react
• Complaint box: Whatever happened to tact?
• Former Sequenom exec pleads guilty
• LA school district to close 200 special education classrooms
• District pays $5 million in alleged abuse of students with autism
• Rosa’s law regarded as non-controversial
• Massachusetts families fight to keep institution open
• Home services disappearing as states slash Medicaid
• As LA drops summer special ed for adults, a teacher objects
• ‘What would you do?’ Reactions to staged abuse of clerk with DS
• Discredited autism doctor vows to continue research
• Actors share disabilities with their characters
• Vicky Solomonson, 49; Humphrey’s grandchild had DS
• Nine charged in Boston assault on teen with disabilities
• Feds: Company cheated workers, violated ADA in Atalissa case
• Feds sue Arkansas over segregation of people with disabilities
• Advocates cry foul over special ed funding loophole
• Op-ed: Daughter is ‘worth every tear’
• Writer with disability says unsolicited advice isn’t welcome
• Court reverses conviction of teen with intellectual disabilities
• NJ to create registry of abusive caregivers
• Virginia high school uses sports to foster inclusion
• Asner, parents lash pending special ed cutbacks in LA
• ‘Monica & David’ takes Tribeca’s top documentary honors
• Novartis: Drug may ease Fragile X
• ‘Glee’ offers wry view of bulimia, Down syndrome
• NYC plan: Shift kids with disabilities to mainstream schools
• First degree murder verdict in case of student with Asperger’s
• Advocates urge ‘disability rights champion’ on high court
• Columnist: Workers with disabilities are key to firm’s success
• Obit: Stanley I. Greenspan, creator of ‘Floortime’ method
• Hundreds of disability advocates rally at Kansas statehouse
• Additional items for Thursday, April 28, 2010
• Students with disabilities get internships on Capitol Hill
• Parents sue over adoption of Russian boy with fetal alcohol syndrome
• States lag in moving people out of nursing homes
• 91 ADAPT protesters arrested at White House
• FCC sees problems with web access for people with disabilities
• ‘American Idol’ contestant builds awareness for Tourette’s
• Quebec to re-examine school inclusion for kids with disabilities
• In New Orleans, kids with disabilities underserved by charters
• School district seeks help in mediating special ed disputes
• Twins’ new ballpark gets high praise for disability access
• Protesters say Rochester buses bypass people with wheelchairs
• Inclusive school schedule shuts girl out of Special Olympics
• Opinion: Too many adoptive families are kept in the dark
• Doctor loses license after mixing up twins in DS abortion
• Tactile erotica?
• Experts: Poor job prospects for people with disabilities
• iPad seen as great tool for kids with disabilities
• Does mom with disabilities have right to see her children?
• Columnist: Applause for mom who took stand againt DS jokes
• Mom seeks end to ‘war’ that divides autism community
• Review: Narrators, characters with autism add something extra
• New theme park is designed for people with disabilities
• Column: Adults with autism face major obstacles, not much help
• Op-ed: ‘Happy Birthday, Baby Doe’
• Federal audit finds lapses in Ohio’s special education
• McCarthy closing autism school amid split with Carrey
• Adoptive mom returns boy to Russia — alone
• Middle-aged Americans report lots more mobility impairments
• Idaho removes ‘retarded’ from state statutes
• Court: Sperm bank can’t be sued under products liability law
• Wait times for disability claim hearings vary widely, report says
• Employers: Pay hike could cut jobs for those with disabilities
• Mind like a pinball machine? Maybe it’s adult ADHD
• Advocates observe Autism Awareness Day
• Study: U.S. lags in hiring, supporting workers with disabilities
• Special education overhaul promised in Chicago
• Insurance industry backs off on pre-existing condition coverage
• ‘Class Act’ expands options for long-term care
• Pre-existing condition coverage in jeopardy
• Opinion: Coverage of pre-existing condition ‘sets daughter free’
• Ne’eman nomination blocked; Autism views spark controversy
• Maryland schools open sports to kids with disabilities
• Study: Internet provides lifeline for people with chronic illness
• Dental clinic closing means thousands could lose access to care
• Parents: NY special education programs squeezed by charters
• Report: Problems persist in Texas institutions
• Paralympic Games set records, open doors
• Students seek more inclusion for peers with disabilities
• Researchers: Down syndrome could unlock mysteries of aging
• Paralympic Games called ‘best ever’
• Paralympics icon Hansen says Games have come a long way
• Shriver stresses humanity of people with intellectual disabilities
• Editorial: As vaccines win court case, parents should move on
• Column: Paralympians deserve nationally broadcast finale
• Paralympic games aim to change perceptions
• Canada ratifies UN disability rights treaty
• In 3 cases, court rejects autism-vaccine link
• UK watchdog: TV channels have the right to air ‘R-word’
• ‘You just don’t look disabled’
• Guilty plea in Texas ‘fight club’ brings 4-year jail term
• And now for something completely different …
• In Michigan, no more diplomas for students in special education
• Judge orders NY to move residents out of ‘adult homes’
• TV shows feature characters with Asperger’s
• A mom’s story: Mixed emotions over fixing son’s cleft lip
• Feds: Many states don’t regulate seclusion, restraint in schools
• Columnist asks: ‘Do toxins cause autism?’
• Feds probe school’s use of shocks on kids with disabilities
• Skier McKeever is set to make Olympic history
• Probe: LA charter schools not accessible to kids with disabilities
• This time, a ‘Family Guy’ actor agrees with Palin
• Disability rights leaders skeptical of Palin
• Virginia delegate fights controversy over abortion remarks
• Google execs convicted over bullying video
• Family of girl with CP to Canada: Let us stay
• Tribute to Kevin Pearce, snowboarder with brain injury
• More Catholic schools serving students with disabilities
• Opinion: Connecticut institution should be closed
• Italy pledges to prosecute backers of Facebook hate page
• Opinion: It’s time to stop saying ‘retard’
• Legislator apologizes, says abortion remark was misconstrued
• Opinion: Palin doesn’t speak for people with disabilities
• Legislator says kids with disabilities are God’s punishment
• Opinion: ‘Family Guy’ joke was hateful
• Opinion: Actress Friedman is ‘a role model’
• We must do more to improve disability hiring, says U.S. official
• Video of Andrea Friedman: Palin ‘didn’t even get the joke’
• Commentators weigh in on ‘R-word’ campaign
• Advice for parents who wonder: Is it a learning disability?
• Debate goes on: Is there anything funny about disability?
• Temple Grandin explains it all
• Group works to include people with disabilities in census count
• Opinion: ‘Disability-free world may not be a better place’
• ‘Family Guy’ coverage keeps rolling in
• ‘Family Guy’ actress: The joke’s on Palin
• Discredited anti-vaccine doctor Wakefield quits autism center
• Scientists: Testing curbs some genetic diseases
• Sarah Silverman, in her own words
• Writer: ‘Family Guy’ casting shows sensitivity
• Controversial comic to appear in LA Down syndrome benefit
• ‘Family Guy’ and ‘Down Syndrome Girl’ top Hulu popularity lists
• Writers: Palins are right about ‘Family Guy’
• One mom’s view: There’s no such thing as a perfect child
• Bill Maher jokes about Trig Palin
• Palin again attacks Emanuel and ‘Family Guy,’ defends Limbaugh
• Mom defends ‘Family Guy’ view of disability
• Sarah Palin vs. ‘Family Guy’: Who’s right?
• Informal WP survey finds broad opposition to ‘R-word’ campaign
• Palin fires back at ‘Family Guy’ over Down syndrome gags
• Fox’s ‘Family Guy’ tweaks Down syndrome, Palin
• Silverman’s TED routine zings with frequent use of ‘retarded’
• Shriver: ‘Retard’ is the language of bigotry
• Columnist: ‘Defending the ‘r-word’ is the defense of bullies’
• Op-ed: Don’t ban the word ‘retard’
• Columnist: ‘Palin should beware of exploiting youngest child’
• Writer: This time, offensive language is personal
• Commentator slams Palin ‘hypocrisy’ over ‘R-word’
• Editorial: Remove ‘hurtful’ language from Idaho law
• Disability advocates plead with Kansas to restore Medicaid cuts
• Could removal of Asperger’s diagnosis limit special ed access?
• CA cuts imperil services for people with disabilities
• Commentary: Let Emanuel deal with health care, not the ‘R-word’
• Commentary: Asperger’s diagnosis no longer needed
• Senators seek to probe birth defects, dump site
• Around the web: Writers respond to ‘R-word’ controversy
• Actor says ‘R-word’ is just as bad as racial, ethnic, sexist slurs
• In downturn, jobs scarcer than ever for people with disabilities
• Editorial: Give citizens with disabilities ‘the dignity they deserve’
• Colbert: ‘Palin is a f — ing retard. Get it?’
• In response to your questions …
• SNL skit lampoons Emanuel, ‘R-word,’ Palin
• The Arc to Limbaugh: Meet with us
• Palin withdraws criticism of Limbaugh over ‘R-word’
• Critical praise for HBO’s ‘Temple Grandin’
• More colleges serving students with intellectual disabilities
• Shriver says he’s ‘incredulous’ at Limbaugh’s use of ‘R-word’
• Editorial: Emanuel was right to sign ‘R-word’ pledge
• Columnist on Emanuel and ‘R-word’: Get over it
• Palin, Limbaugh skirmish over ‘R-word’ — or do they?
• ‘R-word’ gaffe points up bigger problems for Emanuel
• Palin ire over ‘R-word’ spills over into Texas gubernatorial race
• Emanuel controversy fuels politically active self-advocates
• Columnist: Rahm Emanuel ‘picked on the wrong people’
• Around the web: Coverage of advocates’ meeting with Emanuel
• ABC: Emanuel remark spotlights debate over language
• Special Olympics: Shriver didn’t accept Emanuel’s apology
• Editorial: Lancet waited too long to retract autism-vaccine study
• Commentary: Criticism of Emanuel is just ‘political correctness’
• Arc CEO: Emanuel’s private apology to Shriver is not enough
• White House confirms Emanuel used ‘R-word’ slur
• Lancet retracts autism paper; Editor says he was ‘deceived’
• Commentary: It’s time to retire the ‘R-word’
• New Orleans students with disabilities face unequal treatment
• In Oregon, celebrating an end to the ‘horrors’ of institutions
• California plans to close institution for people with disabilities
• Temple Grandin: Claire Danes ‘brilliant in playing me’
• Sundance film features leading man with Down syndrome
• Ad campaign uses humor to promote disability hiring
• Opinion: Open charter doors to students with disabilities
• Doctor censured over research claiming vaccine-autism link
• Arc condemns comment attributed to Obama aide, seeks apology
• Shriver to Emanuel: Let’s work together to end ‘R-word’
• From an embattled White House aide, the ‘R-word’
• Ohio districts diverting special-ed funds for other uses
• Riders with disabilities claim shoddy transit service in Detroit
• Oakland settles disability rights lawsuit over disaster preparedness
• Op-ed: Regulation not needed to close ‘digital divide’
• Special ed official inspired by exclusion of childhood friend
• New magazine targets those with disabilities
• ACLU: School violating girl’s rights by banning service dog
• Sequenom settles lawsuit for $14 million plus stock
• Judi Chamberlin, advocated for people with mental illnesses
• Editorial: Let kids bring service animals to school
• Industrial chemical marketed for use on kids with autism
• Column: Dr. King’s work benefitted people with disabilities
• Advocates settle access lawsuit for $12 million
• Britain apologizes to Thalidomide survivors
• Report: Ailing kids face lengthy waits for medical care
• UK’s Tories plan to help people with disabilities join Parliament
• Infant with disabilities is subject of dark off-Broadway comedy
• Universities decline to use Kindle amid accessibility lawsuits
• ‘A future without Down syndrome?’
• Wisconsin rejects use of special ed funds for seclusion rooms
• Columnist asks: Should Down syndrome be cured?
• Seattle seeks to limit disabled parking, cites abuse
• ‘What about George?’
• Man sentenced to 10 years in beating of vulnerable adult
• ‘To us, she was Emily’
• Editorial: Churches should embrace people with disabilities
• Massachusetts special education costs soaring
• Geneticist: Demand for ‘designer babies’ will rise dramatically
• Wheelchair users offer praise, critiques for ‘Avatar’
• Funding woes force sharp cutbacks at Special Olympics
• Study finds no link between autism, environment
• Critic’s take on disability themed movie: ‘There will be tears’
• Disability job bias claims surge to record high
• School districts redirect special ed funds as advocates cry foul
• Editorial: Assure lives of dignity to those with disabilities
• Illinois program showcases personal disability stories
• Editorial: ‘Let family of girl with CP stay in Canada’
• Court to decide: Does disability make mom an unfit parent?
• Harkin: Scant penalty for firms that underpay disabled workers
• Controversial advocate with Asperger’s nominated to federal post
• Where have all the copy editors gone?
• Ruling: Doctor-assisted suicide legal in Montana
• Historic first for musicians from Ohio State School for the Blind
• Student with disabilities wins fight to live in college dorm
• Column: ‘No way to refer to the vulnerable’
• Column: ‘A CLASS Act deserves support’
• Artist tries to induce onstage epileptic seizure; Debate ensues
• Holiday gifts can jeopardize benefits for people with disabilities
• Murder case highlights danger of mixing felons, vulnerable adults
• Officials: Ottawa suspension report used skewed data
• In Ottawa, suspensions rising for kids with special needs
• UK report: Special education system needs ‘radical overhaul’
• Companies working to improve web accessibility
• Administration sides with disability community on rights treaty
• Speech-generating iPhone app ranks in Apple’s top 30
• Texting opens up new world for teen with autism
• Autism research in Time’s top ten medical breakthroughs
• States do little to stop restraint of students with disabilities
• Editorial: Help needed for families gripped by autism, violence
• Op-ed: MD is wary of relying on drugs to fight autism
• Long term disability coverage stirring health care debate
• ‘Avatar’: Big wheels keep on turnin’ ….
• Mom asks: Should I have aborted daughter with CF?
• Commentary: Open doors to actors with disabilities
• Judy Woodruff: Looking for ways to talk about disability
• Financial impact of disability varies among states
• Survey: Caregiving falls to families
• Couple loses bid to sue hospital over baby’s death
• Disability advocates praise new Minneapolis stadium
• Bill aims to protect students from abuse in schools
• Companies say autism can be valuable asset in the workplace
• Girl with impaired vision is ‘Miracle Worker’ understudy
• Elementary, my dear
• ‘The hidden business cost of mental illness’
• Amazon announces plans to modify Kindle
• Study links absences, low achievement in students with disabilities
• Schools see more students with chronic health needs
• Program hones job skills for grads with developmental disabilities
• Disability advocates: Close Canada institutions, improve job access
• Column: Palin’s son transforming her to anti-abortion star
• Georgia district hosts college fair for students with disabilities
• Study: Early intervention makes a big difference
• D.C. parents push for social supports for kids with autism
• Special Olympics: ‘Retard’ as offensive as racial slurs
• UN recruits pop icon to improve life for those with disabilities
• UN says huge obstacles remain for people with disabilities
• ‘Kids with DS stretch their abilities in Toledo Ballet’s program’
• Expert: Schools could be swamped by new wave of disabilities
• More students with disabilities study for bar and bat mitzvahs
• In NJ, a father begs state to spare the most vulnerable
• Hartford denied rights to students with disabilities, state finds
• Models with disabilities seek acceptance on reality show
• Rock band’s goal: Worldwide fame
• MIT prof’s prosthetic limbs blur the boundaries of disability
• Prestigious disability jobs program struggles to stay afloat
• Op-ed: U.S. should stop using the word ‘retarded’
• U.S. study finds prevalence of Down syndrome births up sharply
• ‘Job Crunch Even Harder On People With Disabilities’
• Op-ed: ‘Sarah Palin and Me’
• SI writer: Eunice Shriver deserves recognition
• Woman fights to use adaptive technology during bar exam
• Book: Howie Mandel on OCD, ADHD
• Mother says marijuana saved the life of her son with autism
• Writer: TV show aims to show authentic people with disabilities
• Higher rate of birth defects found with assisted reproduction
• Scientists: Research hijacked to back dubious autism ‘therapies’
• Columnist: ‘Sadly, most people with a learning disability should not have children’
• Documentary asks ‘Can we get married?’
• Pregnant woman with learning disabilities flees to keep baby
• Excerpt from ‘Going Rogue’: Sarah Palin on life with Trig
• Paralympics ends ban on athletes with intellectual disabilities
• Commentary: DS community needs support as much as ‘cure’
• Probe: Many ‘treatments’ for autism are risky, unproven
• Writer wonders: Must we get rid of the word ‘retardation’?
• Google to caption YouTube videos, improving accessibility
• Palin on receiving a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome
• Potential treatment for Down syndrome?
• Researchers: Prosthetic legs give Pistorius unfair advantage
• Parents divided on hypothetical cure for Down syndrome
• Feds sue turkey processor in Atalissa case
• Student with Down syndrome inducted into National Honor Society
• Couple develops iPhone software for monitoring kids with autism
• Op-ed: ‘Wheelchair doesn’t make employee perfect’
• Spike in birth defects prompts questions in Iraq
• Australia blocks man’s immigration, says his disability is costly
• Increasing obesity adds to illness, health care costs: Study
• ‘Rosa’s law’ would end use of term ‘mentally retarded’
• New UK show is ‘Survivor,’ but with disabilities
• Federal bill would replace ‘retardation’ with ‘intellectual disability’
• Law to prohibit misuse of genetic data
• Study finds widespread bullying of children with autism
• Disabilities on the rise among older Americans
• Mom: Performers with disabilities are victims of ‘blacking-up’
• Glee ‘Wheels’ episode is Hulu’s 3rd most popular video
• Opinion: British TV show challenges stereotypes
• Universities reject Kindle, cite inaccessibility
• Another blown chance to hire actor with a disability?
• Experts: UK doctors are underreporting abortions for Down syndrome
• Op-ed: ‘How charming to pillory disabled Gordon Brown’
• Op-ed: ‘Our most vulnerable people deserve a full chance in life’
• Texas students with disabilities face broad use of restraints
• Rosa Monckton: Caregivers driven to the breaking point
• Autism: Insult du jour?
• Editorial: ‘A culturally rich autism’
• Researcher: ‘Don’t be too quick to lump Asperger’s with autism’
• Columnist: ‘Hateful’ language can spur violence against disabled
• Woman shatters stereotypes about Down syndrome
• Column: In celebration of hate crime law
• Hospice program assists parents with prenatal diagnoses
• Opinion: Special ed underfunding causes inequitable treatment
• Columnist: Anti-vaccine activists embody a growing media trend
• UK charity: 9 percent of disabled people say they’re crime targets
• Agencies struggle to find jobs for clients with disabilities
• Proposal to drop Asperger’s label stirs disapproval
• Schools struggle to accommodate kids with diabetes
• Asperger’s diagnosis: On the way out?
• Fashionistas with disabilities explore diverse viewpoint
• Mom’s book honors boy who fought disease, sought peace
• Dance company explores bodies, wheels in motion
• ‘Nonprofit company makes owners wealthy’
• ABC: Down syndrome births down in U.S.
• Mental health advocates push for nursing home reform
• Group criticizes casting for ‘Miracle Worker’
• Advocates protest Halloween ‘Asylum of Terror’
• Journalist Tim Page explores Asperger’s from the inside out
• ‘The human cost of screening for DS’
• Obama signs hate crimes bill
• Artist with autism dazzles with realistic drawing of NY skyline
• In their own words: Perspectives on Down syndrome
• UK doctor advocates ‘opt-in’ system for DS testing
• ‘The upside of Down syndrome’
• ‘Would you abort a baby with Down syndrome?’
• Terminations for DS lower in Ireland, where it is ‘more accepted’
• ‘Surge in DS pregnancies is matched by surge in terminations’
• Axelrods hunt a cure for epilepsy
• Amy Wallace: Vaccine deniers endanger everyone
• In a flu epidemic, who decides who lives or dies?
• Montana teacher’s aides face felony abuse charges
• ‘Sidewalks become battlegrounds’
• Experts: It’s okay for MDs to ‘fire’ patients who decline vaccines
• NY governor says he faces ‘blatant hostility’ over blindness
• Maryland advocates protest $29 million in disability service cuts
• ‘The Geek Defense’
• Study affirms genetic component in autism
• Pushed by DOJ, museums scramble to improve accessibility
• Congress expands hate crime protections to include disabilities
• Glenn Close, family confront stigma of mental illness
• Lawsuits challenge ‘furlough Fridays’ in Hawaii schools
• 1,600 Mississippians on waiting lists for home care
• Social Security must offer notices in Braille, on CDs
• Editorial: ‘Justice for the mentally disabled’
• Fifth suspect convicted in kidnap, torture of disabled man
• Judge halts cuts to in-home services in California
• Sidekick outage hit deaf community hard
• Automakers explore adding digital ‘vroom’ to silent vehicles
• Gallaudet students hail new president
• Experts fear NJ autism plan will dilute care, not enhance it
• California clamps down on abuse of parking placards
• Commentary: Thumbs down on $250 checks for seniors, disabled
• Cheerleaders with disabilities perform with varsity squad
• Advocates to employers: Don’t write off people with autism
• Utah man arrested for chaining boy with disabilities
• Books: Music critic finds relief in Asperger’s diagnosis
• Audit: Mass. home health system leaves vulnerable at risk
• Critics call Obama’s proposed $250 payments ‘pandering’
• New school options for south Florida students with autism
• Boy with Asperger’s ticketed for profanity in school
• Irish advocates: Disability service cuts are short-sighted
• Op-ed: People with Down syndrome surpass expectations
• Advice for Madonna: Lose the ‘R-word’
• Project SEARCH opens doors to employment
• San Francisco adds $2 million to special ed budget
• Firm sells warm feeling along with dog treats
• VA plans to ease disability claims tied to Agent Orange
• Disability activists hope to rebuild ADA coalition
• Letter: Brother’s life brings many blessings
• Disability protesters arrested in Atlanta
• World War II vets caught in disability backlog
• Hearing actor in deaf role prompts protests
• Marlee Matlin offers encouragement
• Report: UK adults with autism condemned to poverty
• Struggles with dyslexia influenced Nobel winner
• Op-ed: Biased actions by group home opponents are illegal
• Fencing on wheels
• Nurses’ medication policy puts students at risk, parents say
• Legislators seek remedy for Fernald abuse
• Disability advocates rally at Georgia capitol
• Advocate: Russia in ‘undeclared war’ against disabled
• British PM discloses eye damage amid controversy
• Dad’s op-ed: ‘Normalizing’ autism is a mixed blessing
• Editorial: People with developmental disabilities ignored in health care debate
• Thousands walk for disability awareness, research, respect
• Fertility treatment babies have heightened risk of disabilities
• New Jersey launches autism registry to improve care
• Families ambivalent over New York group home decision
• Op-ed: ‘Georgia stalls while disabled endure’
• Hate crime law may soon cover people with disabilities
• Supporters say Gaffney shows ‘Never-say-die’ attitude
• Gaffney completes frigid Boston swim to raise DS awareness
• Hundreds rally against Maryland waiting lists
• Canadian cases allege abuse of deaf students in government schools
• Federal judge throws out disability bias suit against Disney
• Advocates: Hawaii furlough plan could harm kids with disabilities
• Sebelius: Administration boosts autism research
• Helen Keller statue unveiled at U.S. Capitol
• Disability PAC seeks apology from Virginia candidate
• Kids with disabilities and H1N1: What to do?
• Federal research will study health benefits of pets
• Mom, daughter challenge conventional thinking about parenting
• Op-ed: Employers’ fears of disability hiring are groundless
• Disability experts: Crime stats confirm what they already knew
• Journalist: Autism misdiagnoses are skewing research data
• Online British documentary follows young adults with disabilities
• Studies say autism incidence is higher than previously thought
• How should doctors deliver a diagnosis of Down syndrome?
• Autism Speaks video ignites controversy
• Federal watchdog: Health care failing those with disabilities
• CA advocates sue to block massive cuts in home care services
• Column: Children’s books should feature kids with disabilities
• President urges employers to welcome workers with disabilities
• Study: People with disabilities 50 percent more likely to be target of violent crime
• Advocates see increase in ‘cyberhate’
• States fear cuts in Medicaid eligibility, benefits
• Op-ed: Congress should keep promise, fund IDEA
• British inquest finds family of disabled girl was hounded to death
• Cheerleaders welcome new member of the squad
• CA schools struggling for creative solutions to autism needs
• Travolta’s autism disclosure prompts support, criticism
• Sears pays $6.2 million to settle disability employment suit
• Surfer Clay Marzo defies labels
• Cleveland may need hundreds more special ed teachers
• Nebraska institution nears loss of federal funding
• State report finds ‘Chicago flunks when it comes to special ed’
• D.C. to pull 170 students with disabilities from private school
• Sequenom fires CEO, research chief after probe of test data
• Actor with Down syndrome wins top Spanish film award
• Spokane paper: ‘Special education squeezes district’
• Business Week blog: ‘Do kids with disabilities strengthen or strain schools?’
• Couple’s new home will serve as universal design lab
• Spinal cord activist shifts focus from cure to care
• Tips for students with disabilities applying to college
• Advocates: PA fails to protect vulnerable adults from abuse
• Audit: Too many veterans face lengthy waits on disability claims
• Home autism detector has doctors concerned
• Leon Eisenberg, autism expert and advocate
• Kennedy: Workers with disabilities are ‘untapped resource’
• Mental health advocate wins MacArthur award
• Travolta acknowledges son’s autism
• England relaxes rules on assisted suicide
• ‘Shocking’ idea: People with autism make good employees
• EEOC: Workplace bias against mental illness is pervasive
• Study backs vaccine safety
• ‘Collision’ in prenatal testing predicted
• More people, like Heigl, adopting kids with disabilities
• Illinois program aims to protect disabled people in emergencies
• Mom: Seclusion room felt like jail cell
• California cuts services for people with disabilities
• Columnist asks readers to see Lucy ‘through loving eyes’
• Virginia group home plan withdrawn amid neighborhood hostility
• Jail time in Texas ‘fight club’ case
• Leaving nursing home for a home of his own
• Mom who shot daughter wrote of abuse by nursing home
• AFL-CIO calls for disability diversity in entertainment
• Adults with autism struggle to find, keep work
• Judge blocks CA service cuts to disabled, elderly people
• Schwarzenegger halts evictions of disabled residents
• Op-ed: Planned community needed for adults with disabilities
• Deaf athletes increasingly compete in college sports
• Coaches collaborate, allow touchdown by player with DS
• Parents seek to create lifelong home for adult children with autism
• Op-ed: ‘It’s a mad, mad world’
• A world with no more Down syndrome?
• Apartment complex tells tenants with disabilities to clear out
• Texas couple cherishes short life of son with Trisomy 13
• Blogger: Obama proposal will improve disability coverage
• Disability advocates sue California over highway access
• In case you missed it: The continuing saga of a word
• Newspaper faces controversy over ‘depressing’ amputee story
• Insurers reject mainstream devices for speech assistance
• Column: Schools misusing special ed for remedial education
• Columnist weighs autism, vaccines
• Program prepares students with autism for college
• Mentally ill woman was trapped in immigration maze: Advocates
• Autism fears fuel wariness of flu vaccine
• Article: ‘Will babies with Down syndrome slowly disappear?’
• Disability advocate was UK ‘people’s peer’
• NC boy with autism loses pet pig to city ban
• Reports on champion athlete highlight birth defect
• Heigl and husband adopting ‘special needs baby’
• Judge orders restoration of benefits for elderly, disabled adults
• ‘Team Lucy’ aims to stamp out stigma
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome often overlooked, advocates say
• Report: People with disabilities left out of disaster planning
• Editorial: People with disabilities lack clout, hope
• Unregulated homes endanger elderly, disabled people
• State fair sideshow: Exploitation or advocacy?
• Educators weigh impact of high court special ed ruling
• Abercrombie & Fitch fined for bias against girl with autism
• Language alert: Should ‘retard’ leave the lexicon?
• Students with disabilities languish after graduation
• Federal judge finds NY illegally warehoused mentally ill people
• Op-ed: ObamaCare will prompt abortions of babies with disabilities
• Swine flu deaths higher in children with disabilities, CDC says
• Millions wait years for social security disability benefits
• Gone fishin’
• Committee dumps ‘death panel’ provision
• Commentary: ‘Eunice the Formidable’
• Paying tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver
• ‘Lose the Training Wheels’ sets kids in motion
• Commentary: GOP, don’t use people with disabilities as ‘poster children’
• Commentary: Disability ‘not a death sentence’
• UK woman wins disability case against Abercrombie
• Conviction in Texas ‘fight club’ case
• Throngs mourn Eunice Kennedy Shriver
• Praise for Eunice Kennedy Shriver from pioneering parents
• Disaster plans leave people with disabilities in harm’s way
• Editorial: She opened a world to people with disabilities
• UK advocates push for Paralympic awareness, social change
• Op-ed: Tribute to Rosemary Kennedy
• Letters: It’s time for public debate on prenatal testing
• Barone: ‘Giving thanks for Eunice Shriver’
• Columnist on his friendship with ‘St. Eunice’
• Film prompts reexamination of media portrayals of autism
• Scotland works to include people with disabilities in justice system
• Students with disabilities spanked more at school
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88; Special Olympics founder
• UK spending millions to develop noninvasive prenatal test
• Palin’s ‘death panel’ remark draws fire
• Haitian parents increasingly abandon kids with disabilities
• Column: With Special Olympics, Eunice Shriver changed world
• Palin Facebook post: Administration health care plan is ‘evil’
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver hospitalized
• Teen with autism unlocks inner voice
• Seeking equality in medical care
• Sotomayor expected to bring disability perspective to high court
• Cambodia cancels ‘Miss Landmine’ beauty pageant
• Alabama settles waiting list lawsuit
• Columnist: Better disability transit services needed
• Kids with disabilities have their own summer camps
• Best-selling author and character share a diagnosis
• Column: College autism program expands hope for jobs
• Special ed pioneer is honored
• Column: ‘Step right up for today’s sideshows’
• Education secretary asks states to develop, revise restraint plans
• Ed Roberts campus to offer one-stop disability services
• Surfing, Asperger’s a powerful mix
• Asperger’s awareness growing in popular culture
• Father launches a fight against Florida waiting list
• Unconventional advice for caregivers
• Editorial: ‘Disturbing’ police incident points up need for change
• Op-ed: Senate should ratify disability rights pact
• Blind drivers take the wheel
• ‘Death care’ provision sparks fear among seniors
• Op-ed: Budget cuts threaten ADA progress
• Autism worries fuel concern about swine flu vaccine
• Recession brings surge in disability benefit claims
• Debate roiling over end-of-life benefit in health care proposal
• Commentary: Obama backed off on community-based supports
• Utah: Problems at schools for blind students don’t violate law
• Complaint: Baltimore schools discriminate against blind students
• Texas man brings hope, wheelchairs to Iraqi kids
• U.S. signs disability rights treaty
• Wheelchair shows problems of health care reform
• Boy’s death points out lack of regulation of ‘psychoeducational’ schools
• Settlement mandates release of 300 from NJ institutions
• ‘Adam’ embraced by Asperger’s advocates
• Movie review: Asperger’s feels like ‘Hollywood’s new black’
• Vandals target nonprofit flower shop
• Critical praise for ‘Adam’
• Obamacare bill termed ‘government-encouraged euthanasia’
• U.S. launches new disability website
• CA deal could end exam requirement for kids with disabilities
• Commentary on Obama ADA speech: ‘We’re screwed’
• Exploring history through the lens of disability
• Op-ed: ‘We can do better for the mentally ill’
• Researchers: Restrictive diets may not help kids with autism
• iPods may help kids with Asperger’s fit in
• AL police use Taser, pepper spray on deaf man
• ‘Adam’: Hollywood’s vision of an ‘Aspie’ in love
• MA legislators push broader insurance coverage for disabilities
• CA court allows disabled student to take bar
• Detroit laying off bus aides for kids with disabilities
• Opinion: California budget cuts endanger good social programs
• Maryland disability agency culls decades-old waiting list
• Op-ed: ‘Abortion and the echo of eugenics’
• Disability rights advocates wary of Obama end-of-life proposal
• Comic convention a big draw for people with disabilities
• Obama must seek Senate’s help on UN disability rights treaty
• Obama: U.S. to sign disability rights treaty
• The ADA’s 19th birthday: Cause for celebration?
• UK charities say people with learning disabilities left behind
• ‘Autism from the inside looking out’
• The President’s schedule today
• Advocates: Utah budget cuts ‘go too far’
• California budget deal slashes funding for in-home support
• Opinion: ‘GovernmentCare’s Assault on Seniors’
• Tim Shriver: ‘The perfect job for Sarah Palin’
• Additional items for Wednesday, July 22, 2009
• Column: Ginsburg’s remark stirs debate over eugenics, abortion
• Editorial: ADA helps everyone
• Budget cuts endanger care to elderly, disabled Californians
• Disability rights advocates rally for community choice
• Psycho Donuts TV debate to air
• Researchers: Riding a bike can offer lasting benefits
• Additional items for July 21, 2009
• CA environmental activists say contamination caused disabilities
• Test scores may sink school for kids with chronic illness
• Columnist: Illinois budget targets people with disabilites
• Op-ed: ‘Disability is not a medical problem’
• Ontario families fear losing kids with disabilities
• Families migrate in search of education for kids with autism
• Mexico airport hires workers with disabilities
• UCLA program honors first graduating class
• Two prenatal Down syndrome diagnoses, two perspectives
• Sotomayor hearing skips over one big question
• Budget cuts close center for adults with developmental disabilities
• Column: ‘Why Trig Palin has divided America’
• Writer: LPA taking a stand against public ridicule
• Hate crimes measure passes Senate
• Disability advocates cry foul over Texas pact
• Essay: People with autism deserve respect from academia
• Peter Singer: ‘We must ration health care’
• Atlanta scrambles to find $13 million to fix ADA violations
• UK leader Cameron calls for end to ‘bureaucratic pain’ for families of kids with disabilities
• Young man with Down syndrome decides to wait for Miss Right
• Suicide couple prompt new debate
• Inclusive preschool teaches compassion along with ABC’s
• Shriver: Special Olympics a ‘wake-up call’ for Britain
• British band fights for right to ‘Stay Up Late’
• VA flooded by disability claims; Backlog mounts
• Colorado special ed often falls short
• Minnesota lawsuit: State hospital routinely restrained residents
• New prenatal testing widens ethical debate
• Obit: Advocate helped draft ADA
• ‘He got off the motorcycle and proceeded to show us card tricks…’
• Editorial: Fair pay needed for caregivers
• Editorial: Texas reforms are meaningless without accountability
• Racehorse promotes autism awareness
• Sotomayor manages diabetes well, friends say
• Study: Moms of kids with autism have higher stress
• Mother pleads not guilty in death of son with autism
• TX program designed for thousands with disabilities, serves few
• Parents: Washington disability employment policy goes too far
• It’s official: Ohio drops the term ‘mental retardation’
• In Boston, high rate of segregation for students with disabilities
• Opinions: Were Palin’s children ridiculed?
• Advocates sue to delay Washington program cuts
• Family sues assisted living center, alleges sexual abuse
• Turkey Service owners claim Iowa laws don’t apply
• Disability coalition endorses Sotomayor
• Opinion: Palin squandered opportunity to help
• Writer: Palin reacting to ‘indecent’ treatment of Trig, Bristol
• Advocacy group seeks FCC ban on term ‘midget’
• Guilty plea in Texas fight club case
• Editorial: Institution’s closing was overdue
• Case of autistic marine highlights recruitment lapses
• Disability design: Can’t we do better?
• Advocates seek ban on school restraints, isolation
• Writer: Palin running to get more ‘retarded people’
• Resigning Palin cites ‘mean-spirited’ attacks on son with DS
• Autism Speaks sees second resignation over vaccine stance
• Buddy road trip … with a twist
• Why adopt a child with a disability?
• Finding a job: It’s getting even harder for folks with disabilities
• As MA special ed spending climbs, kids fall farther behind
• Institution shuts doors on dark past; Future uncertain
• Column: Obama should send strong disability rights message
• Official says Canada’s streets, prisons are today’s ‘asylums’
• Universal embryo test expected soon
• Research: Autism risk rises with problem pregnancies, age
• Rwanda denies plan for involuntary sterilization of disabled
• Stimulus funds give special ed preschool programs a reprieve … at least for now
• Commentary: ‘Tragedy and triumph’ in court ruling
• Massachusetts agency dumps ‘retardation’ from its name
• Sequenom faces SEC probe
• Disability voter turnout reported up
• EEOC turns up heat on disability cases
• Hennefer to be honored at All-Star Game
• Editorial: Compensation needed for eugenics victims
• Cyclists with diabetes set speed record, inspire hope
• Feds launch civil rights probe of KY Medicaid program
• Charlotte school district settles special-ed suit
• Caregivers worry: Will rise in adults with autism swamp system?
• Autism insurance gathers momentum
• NJ autism insurance law on governor’s desk
• Minnesota budget cuts: ‘Will disabled be left on curb?’
• Families sue to protect benefits for kids with disabilities
• Column: ‘Funds for disabled poorly spent’
• D.C. charter schools fend off kids with disabilities, official says
• Boston hospitals agree to improve accessibility
• Groups announce consensus on prenatal screening and testing
• Veteran’s groups criticize VA for mounting claims
• Marking Olmstead, advocates seek more community care
• PA gov to charter schools: Give back unspent special ed funds
• ’99 Balloons’ video a tribute to son’s short life
• Books: Buck v. Bell eugenics decision still stands
• Op-ed: In ‘year of the minority,’ vast group is left out
• Postsecondary programs make college dreams come true
• Study: Women look away from babies with disabilities
• Columnist: CA budget cuts will end up costing taxpayers more
• NC roadside marker recalls victims of eugenic sterilization
• Columnist: MA budget cuts will be a disaster for disabled
• Highest honor for pioneering principal
• President marks Olmstead anniversary, launches disability initiative
• PA governor pushes tax hike for autism treatment
• North Carolina to honor victims of forced sterilization
• High court rejects limits on public special ed funding
• Couple faces end of battle over death of baby with Trisomy 13
• Ten years later, hundreds of thousands still wait to leave institutions
• Few medically fragile Texans qualify for home care
• Half of Israelis don’t want intellectually disabled near their homes
• Woman in shed raises questions about independent living
• VA unprocessed claims approach 1 million mark
• Tips for workers with chronic illness
• Golfer with Down syndrome a finalist in People contest
• Doctors: Obesity isn’t a disability
• Brazilian study finds overwhelming prejudice against disabled
• Op-ed: ‘Without human wealth, a nation limits itself’
• Pittsburgh hosts international disability rights conference
• Op-ed: Help people with disabilities live independently
• ‘Beyond Boundaries Live’ spurs conversation about disability
• LA news probe finds bus drivers endangering wheelchair riders
• Columnist: Give me my money back!
• 300 gather to support disabled teen after violent attack
• Book probes treatments aimed at making kids ‘normal’
• UPS settles suit over jobs for drivers with hearing impairments
• Editorial urges equal access to charter schools
• Attorney General calls for new hate crime law
• Op-ed: End health-related discrimination
• Prospects bleak for NC eugenics reparations effort
• She’s suing over Abercrombie’s ‘Look Policy’
• Study: Possible link between deaths, ADHD drugs
• Former guardsman gets 8 years in torture of disabled man
• Prominent deaf advocate pushed for civil rights
• Special ed bill would let parents visit classrooms
• ‘Cleland back in political spotlight’
• Editorial: It’s time for state agencies to lose ‘R-word’
• Woman in scooter claims bias by White Castle
• Parents, health workers differ ‘significantly’ on ill babies
• High school grad with DS wins part on Fox show
• Disability rights advocate Sabatier helped improve access
• Op-ed: ‘Who cares for the carers?’
• California faces ‘catastrophic’ cuts to adult care
• Columnist: ‘Counting a little blessing’
• AZ parents seek notification about school restraints
• Editorial: Teachers need training to help kids with disabilities
• Summer jobs out of reach for teens with disabilities
• Oregon couple seeks $14 million in ‘wrongful birth’ lawsuit
• Op-ed: Budget cuts endanger Californians with disabilities
• Colorado charter schools enroll fewer kids with disabilities
• Hundreds of workers disciplined for mistreating disabled people
• Fight clubs may not have been isolated, attorney says
• Blogger admits tale of Trisomy 13 baby was a hoax
• Blind pianist takes top honors in Cliburn competition
• More college students report disabilities
• Fairness of 100-year prison sentence questioned
• Texas governor signs bill to overhaul state institutions
• Examining Sotomayor’s record on special education
• Virginia audit: State failing kids with autism
• Hollywood mogul credits business acumen to dyslexia
• Feds find widespread lack of access at polling places
• Georgia adaptive sports program safe … for now
• Healthcare reform for disabled called ‘civil rights issue’
• Washington Metro concerned about rising paratransit costs
• Couple’s suicide puts spotlight on caregivers
• Special ed class left out of high school yearbook
• Downturn puts ‘chokehold’ on caregivers
• Opinion: Susan Boyle advances learning disability cause
• Writer’s ‘lame argument’ for Sotomayor
• Sotomayor coverage reveals myths about diabetes, experts say
• Writer sees ‘impending epidemic of disability abortions’
• Alternative testing expands beyond special ed
• In Virginia, too few homes for people with intellectual disabilities
• Popular Florida autism program jeopardized by budget cuts
• Columnist sees ‘nightmares’ for disabled and elderly Californians
• Atalissa business owner says company did nothing wrong
• Palin appears at NY disability events; Start of next campaign?
• Women speak out about their late-term choices
• Danish company promotes talents of people with autism
• Writers: ‘Are we saying society would be better off without Down’s syndrome babies?’
• New attention on late abortions involving abnormalities
• Eleven-year-old with disabilities handcuffed to school door
• Book Review: ‘Boy Alone’
• Budget cuts endanger sports program for kids with disabilities
• Graduation nears for student and aide of 12 years
• ‘A crowning achievement, an uncertain future’
• Bronx teachers: Principal ordered inflation of special ed grades
• UK study: People with autism don’t get needed services
• People with DS raise concerns about prenatal testing in Quebec
• Column: In defense of late abortions for fetal abnormalities
• Budget cuts threaten California Alzheimer’s programs
• ‘Technology has redefined what it means to be disabled’
• Editorial: ‘What died with Dr. George Tiller’
• Tiller’s death focuses attention on abortions involving disabilities
• Thousands rally against possible cuts in disability services
• Texas lawmakers balance institutions, community care
• Column: Empathy on court could have averted mass sterilizations
• Op-ed: Consolidate NJ institutions
• ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ faces scrutiny over Susan Boyle’s care
• A dad’s op-ed: ‘I hope you dance’
• Scout with Down syndrome earns Eagle rank
• Study: Popular ‘treatment’ no help to kids with autism
• Florida frustrated by restrictions on stimulus spending
• Books: Journalist explores his family’s ‘ghosts’
• Ablevision TV show spotlights abilities
• Editorial: Restraint of student reveals need for reform
• Slain abortion doctor specialized in fetuses with abnormalities
• Rise in disability hate crimes linked to economic downturn
• Kennedy plans disability insurance measure
• Disability agencies taking brunt of Tennessee budget cuts
• British research finds many undiagnosed kids with autism
• Tucson special ed student routinely restrained to fence
• Op-ed: ‘Sotomayor an inspiration for others with diabetes’
• UCLA endocrinologist: Don’t worry about Sotomayor’s diabetes
• NPR: Is Sotomayor’s diabetes an issue?
• iPhone applications give voice to kids with disabilities
• Texas senate OKs settlement on state schools
• Scientists call Lupron autism treatment ‘junk science’
• Opinion: ‘Judge Sotomayor’s diabetes is one of her strengths’
• In JAMA: New prenatal tests raise ethical concerns
• ‘Thalidomiders’ still seeking justice, compensation
• Selected coverage, comments on Judge Sotomayor’s diabetes
• Sotomayor nomination renews discussion of diabetes
• Books: Memoir tells of mom’s attachment to ‘throwaway child’
• Column: Jewelry business builds confidence, independence
• Firm’s history shows change in attitudes toward disability hiring
• Op-ed: Help desperately needed for adults with autism
• Judge finds Georgia boy abused at school
• Texas to hire 1,000 into institutions; Advocates skeptical
• Thousands protest home care cuts in California
• Column: Health care reform must include those with disabilities
• Texas fight club victim speaks out
• Texas, feds reach deal on state institutions
• UK parents say schools don’t want kids with DS
• NH school districts send special ed bill to feds
• Georgia special ed teacher, aide charged with child cruelty
• Down syndrome reveals a key to halting cancer
• Duncan seeks rules on use of restraints in schools
• Districts say federal stimulus rules are too restrictive
• Additional information from restraint hearing
• GAO report details school abuse of students with disabilities
• A mother’s testimony: Son died from school restraint
• Loudoun teacher implicated in Cedric Napoleon’s death
• Five plead not guilty to ‘fight club’ charges
• Texas budget compromise would aid those with disabilities
• GAO finds wide abuse in discipline of students with disabilities
• Records reveal more abuse at Texas institution
• Massachusetts budget cuts threaten disability services
• More from Karl Taro Greenfeld: Life in the shadow of autism
• Man with Asperger’s says wife figured out diagnosis
• More housing bias against people with disabilities
• He worries: Could genetic testing eliminate people with autism?
• Abuse complaints from Texas institutions rarely prosecuted
• Op-ed: Should disabled be hidden to ease our discomfort?
• Expert: DS testing kills many ‘normal’ English babies
• U-Wisconsin hospital faces suit over withholding of care
• Texas legislators revive effort to shrink institutions
• The graying of autism: A brother’s account
• Op-ed: Community Choice Act needs more than Obama ‘lip service’
• Sotomayor’s diabetes prompts debate
• Book review: ‘Staring: How We Look’
• Texas, feds reach tentative pact on institutions
• Woman sentenced to jail for scamming adults in her care
• Recession puts even more strain on caregivers
• Disability activists protest, give Texas lawmakers a ‘D’
• Texas ‘fight club’ videos released
• Protesters: Psycho Donut shop perpetuates stigma
• Improvement noted in Baltimore special ed
• Michigan insurer to begin offering autism coverage
• Amputee surfers paddle out again
• Play explores ‘unrelenting’ demands of kids with disabilities
• Parents finding more support for pregnancies with disabilities
• Columnist: Daughter’s life is beautiful, not ‘compromised’
• ‘The disability mess’
• Women charged with abuse of group home resident
• ‘Mad pride’ movement challenges views of mental illness
• National Gallery installs David Lenz portrait of Eunice Shriver
• Research: Autism ‘recovery’ possible for some
• Feds find anti-disability bias at California public school
• Obit: Martha Mason wrote a book about years in iron lung
• Columnist: Moms find rewards in raising kids with disabilities
• What happened to Obama promise of full special ed funding?
• HBO’s Alzheimer’s series: ‘Ambitious, disturbing’
• Disability adviser: WH ‘loves’ MSNBC
• Students in special ed more likely to have inexperienced teachers
• Supreme Court candidate says diabetes shaped career choice
• California sees twelvefold increase in autism caseload
• Op-ed: Anti-bullying bill offers hope for kids with disabilities
• Columnist: Cutting funds for assistants will cost more in long run
• Duncan sees problems with exams for kids with disabilities
• NJ commissioner defends decision to close special ed schools
• Writing disabilities overlooked, researchers say
• Quote of the day
• Reviewer: ‘Disabled dancer’ is an oxymoron
• Popular books stir young readers with links to ADHD, dyslexia
• Flu school closures pose extra challenge for kids in special ed
• Column: Massachusetts program cuts harm vulnerable citizens
• Investors sue Sequenom over false test data
• Rising debate over restraints in schools
• Autism clinic faces probes by insurers, medical investigators
• Michael J. Fox pairs optimism, Parkinson’s
• Columnist calls for end to state’s use of ‘hurtful’ word
• Editorial: It’s time for Iowa to look beyond institutions
• UK panel seeks urgent action to halt violence toward people with disabilities
• Study: Children with disabilities are under-insured
• Finnish music teacher sparks a ‘cultural revolution’
• Kansans rally to cut waiting list for disability services
• UK couple sues over ‘wrongful birth’ of son with disabilities
• Critics say bill restricts sexual freedom for adults with disabilities
• Hawaiians with disabilities struggle to find work
• Missing boy with Asperger’s turns up — on the other coast
• ‘Lord of the Flies’ attack targeted boy with disabilities
• IVF babies more likely to have birth defects, couple learns
• ‘Autism culture’ movement seeks acceptance, not cure
• Sequenom delays prenatal test, says employees mishandled data
• Autism researchers announce genetic breakthrough
• Texas lawmakers abandon bid to close institutions
• Supreme Court hears special education case
• Special ed teacher honored as National Teacher of the Year
• People with autism can ‘get a life,’ parents say
• Teen the first to use sign language in national poetry contest
• Columnist: Don’t let student with DS devalue college degree
• Family says Chicago police beat teen with autism
• Quinn Bradlee: Adventures with learning disabilities
• 91 arrested in disability rights protest
• Editorial: Public schools must pay for better special ed services
• Columnist: Why such low public expectations?
• High court to weigh special ed funding case
• More furloughs for disability claims workers
• MA budget cuts threaten jobs for people with disabilities
• Maria Shriver on Alzheimer’s humor
• Iowa declines to close institution
• Duckworth confirmed for VA post
• Irish campaign aims to empower citizens with disabilities
• Rep. McMorris Rodgers: Championing people with disabilities
• Apple withdraws iPhone ‘Baby Shaker’ from online store
• NYC tenants filing rights suit over failed elevator access
• Op-ed: A mom reflects on life with a disability
• In charity skit, Paterson mocks wheelchair ad
• ‘The Endless Search’
• Texas takes on ‘R-word’
• Students with ADHD may need help with college transition
• NY Times style manual nixes the term ‘midget’
• ‘Alicia May’ taps complex emotions between siblings
• Principal: Student with disabilities can march in graduation
• NYC struggles with escalating costs for autism education
• Upcoming film inspired by tale of Arthur Miller, son
• Texas parents oppose closing institutions
• Seclusion and restraints policies uneven; Advocates seek reform
• Palin: Son with DS helped her live out anti-abortion beliefs
• New head of HHS disability office says he’s a ‘freedom fighter’
• Disney device enhances accessibility for guests with disabilities
• Column: Sex is part of full life for people with disabilities
• Susan Boyle says disabilities shaped her life
• New IL law expands insurance coverage for kids with disabilities
• Advocates: CA budget woes target seniors and disabled
• As economic woes deepen, patients forego diabetes treatment
• Parents: Ontario hospital withheld treatment from disabled girl
• Books: How ‘The Horse Boy’ conquered autism
• Guilty plea entered in torture of man with disabilities
• Adults with DS face uncertain future, lack of support
• Scott MacIntyre aimed to ‘break barriers’
• Special ed students struggle to find jobs in economic downturn
• Workers in Texas institutions got millions in overtime
• Atalissa probe widens
• Epilepsy: Overlooked and underfunded too long
• ‘Illogical’ state budget cuts said to harm people with disabilities
• First on the chopping block: Aid for vulnerable people
• Video games can be a lifesaver for people with disabilities
• Tennessee disability fund in jeopardy
• Easter egg hunt features beeping plastic eggs
• Poll: Parents lack long-term plans for kids with disabilities
• Exhibit explores war on ‘genetically unfit’
• Young people with Down syndrome flourish with Boston Ballet
• Editorials: Baby Kaylee case raises troubling ethical questions
• Parents, staff object to NJ regional school closings
• Baby didn’t die; Dad not sure she should live
• ‘American Idol’ eliminates Scott MacIntyre
• Utah poised to freeze waiting list indefinitely
• Texas judge denies new trial to man with IQ of 47
• Supporters rally to keep MA institutions open
• Supreme Court declines to hear Fernald case
• Advocates protest limits on Kindle read-aloud feature
• Essay: Mother learns to accept son’s autism
• Records: ‘Fight club’ organizers had poor work histories
• Schools try to encourage student empathy, respect
• More cases like Atalissa possible, Iowa official says
• Advocates challenge Georgia mental health settlement
• Op-ed: Urgent need to focus on care for adults with autism
• Student with Down syndrome defeated in high school vote
• ‘Teenagers With Autism: Want a Job?’
• Ruling: Sperm banks can be sued under product liability laws
• Marlee Matlin: Let children be heard
• Memoir explores genetic disorder, learning disabilities
• California losing money over furloughed disability workers
• Column: People with disabilities deserve full citizenship
• Oregon tracks students with disabilities after high school
• Coverage of Autism Awareness Day
• Advocates: Bush failed to guard civil rights in institutions
• Strings attached to federal stimulus funds for special education
• Officials see rise in fraud, abuse by home health workers
• Jenny McCarthy still blaming vaccines
• Report: More U.S.-born Somali kids in autism classes
• Federal workers with disabilities very rare; Numbers declining
• Congressman seeks GAO probe of school restraints
• Kansas City stadium more disability-friendly
• CNN’s Jack Cafferty: Obama gaffe was ‘stupidest thing …’
• Temple Grandin’s mother shares message of hope
• Handcuffing, arrest of student renews concerns over discipline
• Battle looms over closing institution in Washington state
• ‘Ban the word’ goes nationwide
• Poll finds broad use of insult ‘retard;’ youths say they don’t use it
• Tim Shriver: ‘An invitation to humiliation-free living’
• Marketers reach out to people with disabilities
• ‘Stand tall — together’
• Op-ed: Dale juggling two White House jobs?
• Op-ed: Banish the word ‘retard’
• Fewer than one in ten blind Americans read Braille
• Last resident to leave 120-year-old California institution
• Residents allege abuse at Howe in ICDD video
• Prof urges colleagues to ‘come out’ about invisible disabilities
• UK probe finds ‘appalling’ neglect of disabled in health system
• Dale defends president’s gaffe, asks for patience
• Maria Shriver highlights Alzheimer’s awareness
• People with mental illness pose violent threat in nursing homes
• Family seeks to sue Texas over attack on son in institution
• Parents seek tax-free accounts for kids with disabilities
• Reality with DS a far cry from bleak forecasts, parents say
• Tucker Carlson defends president’s ‘lame joke’
• Quips like Obama’s are a ‘great sin,’ rabbi says
• Arc to Obama: We want change, not just an apology
• Op-ed to Obama: Open mouth, remove foot
• Columnist: Obama remark ‘just a verbal fumble’
• Ear on Washington
• Obama remark spurs anger at state conference
• Op-ed: ‘How Obama can make up for his gaffe’
• Obama gave license for others to mock, one mom says
• Editor: ‘Obama doesn’t get it’
• Nine investigated in new state school fight allegations
• Op-ed: President’s Special Olympic joke was ‘awesome’
• Obit: Theologian Nancy Eiesland wrote that God is disabled
• Op-ed: ‘Special needs aren’t funny’
• 27 percent say ‘Get over it, people’
• Columnist: Prejudice persists over Down Syndrome
• Talk show host: President must repair damage
• Columnist: Quip energizes president’s foes
• Disability advocates: Close state schools
• Editorial: Texas reform must also bring alternatives
• Editorial: In defense of humor and Obama
• Editor: Obama should make amends
• Athletes, families wounded by Obama remark
• Editorial: ‘Obama throws a gutter ball’
• Editorial: Obama cricitism is ‘political correctness’
• Palin: Obama quip ‘degrading’
• Mel Levine gives up medical license amid abuse charges
• Obama remark draws attention to ‘R-word’ campaign
• Maria: What a gaffe! Arnold: What gaffe?
• Special Olympics bowler challenges Obama
• Opinion: Cocky Obama ‘blew it’
• Shriver: President’s remark a ‘teachable moment’
• Commentary on Obama’s Special Olympics gaffe
• Obama gaffe: Jokes that his bowling is ‘like Special Olympics’
• NC’s Perdue seeks foundation for eugenic sterilization victims
• Disabled job seekers losing jobs to nondisabled workers
• Books: ‘Fasten Your Seatbelt’ offers info for siblings
• Man with disabilities lives to defend right to die
• Their dancing invites stares
• Parents fear scandal will be used to close institutions
• Why the abuse at Texas institutions? Experts offer explanations
• Parents say music therapy helps kids with autism
• Mom wants ‘ordinary’ life for her son – including sex
• CA gymnast competes at high level
• Tiny basketball player dominates competition
• Why so many autism cases among Somali kids in the U.S.?
• Transition planning still difficult for families, educators
• Parents sue hospital for keeping daughter on life support
• Texas ‘state school’ resident’s death ruled a homicide
• Texas lawmakers: Institutions should be fixed, not closed
• Books: ‘Design Meets Disability’
• Kareem Dale to White House arts post
• Truancy policies bully students with disabilities, parents say
• Budget cuts threaten Virginia program for adults with intellectual disabilities
• ‘Gimp’ dancers seek to challenge preconceptions
• Vancouver aims for best-ever accessibility at 2010 Paralympics
• Atalissa scandal prompts demands for change
• Analysis: Abuse in Texas could have been expected
• Op-ed: Focus on environmental causes of autism
• 1 arrested, 5 more sought in Texas ‘fight club’ case
• More allegations of ‘human cockfights’ in Texas institutions
• MTV ‘News’ cast profiled
• Columnist: CA autism insurance ruling isn’t fair
• Fans say no pity votes for American Idol contestant
• Eliminating Down syndrome population: A good thing?
• ‘Retard’ featured in upcoming R-rated film ‘Miss March’
• On crutches and skateboard, he soars through Visa ad
• Hot topics: Curtis L. Decker on Texas institutions
• IEP team given final word on student’s graduation ceremony
• Class action suit alleges abuse at Canadian school for the deaf
• Columnist: Texas fights ‘a symptom of sick system’
• Minnesotans protest proposed cuts in disability services
• ‘Fight club’ probed at Texas institution for people with disabilities
• ‘A chance to dance’
• Insurance setback for California families of kids with autism
• Labor officials say loopholes leave disabled workers unprotected
• Texas Senate OKs bill to protect residents of institutions
• Mom’s column: Divert special ed funds to gifted kids
• Report: Progress seen in Baltimore elementary special ed
• Rep. Harper promotes Fragile X awareness, research
• ‘Micro Wrestling’: Exploitation or entertainment?
• Kennedy Center to showcase artists with disabilities
• Student wins MLK award for speech on disability rights
• Teaching inclusive classrooms is difficult, educators say
• Special-ed teachers suspended for refusing to give tests
• Books: ‘Handle with Care’
• Hundreds protest proposed disability budget cuts
• Advocates: Mass. governor ignoring disability rights
• Nashville schools work to end segregation of kids with disabilities
• Editorial: Help people with disabilities stay in their homes
• Kids with disabilities underrepresented in New Orleans charters
• Ohio school district may bring kids back to save money
• Play examines how it feels to be “Distracted”
• Hawaii to halve payments to poor, disabled residents
• Music therapy on the rise, but evidence lacking
• Parents allege disability bias in Tasering incident
• Scott MacIntyre advances to American Idol finals
• Required reading
• Down syndrome advocates lobby on Capitol Hill
• Bracing for more deep cuts in Florida support services
• Study: Children with ADHD strain relationships
• ‘Live at home on your dime or accept nursing care’
• British actress says her CP is just a part of her
• In wake of octuplets, calls to limit embryo implantation
• Columnist: ‘David Cameron’s open love for his son’
• BBC host is proud of debate her disability prompted
• ‘Program pairs special education, gifted students’
• Georgia group revives right-to-die debate
• Editorial: Paterson’s blindness hurts job performance
• Columnist: Granddaughter is just right
• Georgians rally for disability rights
• Photo exhibit introduces the people behind the diagnosis
• A nontraditional love story
• Iowa governor says state ‘failed’ disabled workers
• ‘Iona and Ivan — A tale of two children and two families’
• The legacy of Ivan Cameron
• Experiencing college with learning disabilities
• Obit: Award-winning Irish author and poet Christopher Nolan
• David Cameron’s son dies
• Iowa twice failed to act on treatment of disabled workers
• Op-ed: People with disabilities deserve housing choices
• ‘Developmentally disabled adults tied to system that doesn’t work’
• Nevada moms to lobby in D.C. for people with Down syndrome
• Job market gets tighter for people with disabilities
• New concerns over impending Down syndrome tests
• ‘Winter a true wonderland for athletes with disabilities’
• Parents complain that BBC TV host is scaring children
• Film starring man with DS tops Australian festival
• Texas faces battle over ‘state schools’
• ‘Smile Pinki’ takes Oscar; Surgery rid girl of stigma
• Advocates protest award for Lewis
• Humanitarian Oscar goes to Lewis
• Pope denounces genetics-based discrimination
• Teammates help blind California runner compete
• Editor to state: Disclose info on Atalissa bunkhouse probe
• Preying on vulnerable? Torture suspects charged in 2nd case
• Teammates welcome wrestler with Down syndrome
• ‘Whose child is this?’
• Judith Warner: ‘Children in the mental health void’
• ‘How’s Your News?’ opens window on an unfamiliar world
• Point-counterpoint on Jerry Lewis’ humanitarian award
• Man with disabilities tortured in Ontario, police say
• CA disability advocates worried about $100 million in budget cuts
• Study: Cancer survivors at high risk for unemployment
• Purpose-driven approach empowers residents with mental illness
• Charity works to halt murders of albinos in Tanzania
• Books: ‘The Last Goodnights’
• Woman loses UK assisted suicide case
• Virginia wrangles over whether to close institution
• Letters to the editor: Atalissa, autism
• Universal design gets a stylish new look
• Model home for residents who are deaf and blind
• Paul Steven Miller named Obama special assistant
• Canadian advocates seek action on UN disability accord
• One-time stimulus payment for seniors, people with disabilities
• Advocates to protest humanitarian award for Jerry Lewis
• Interview with mother of Atalissa turkey plant worker
• Painter’s artistic vision comes from within
• Atalissa councilman says Iowa ignored bunkhouse complaint
• Books: New Picoult novel grapples with wrongful birth lawsuit
• New Illinois law helps workers with disabilities stay on the job
• Tim Shriver: ‘Stigmatizing people stinks’
• Police called in two Florida elementary school incidents
• Dad: Don’t let ‘designer baby’ fears block assisted reproduction
• Special ed spending boost seen in stimulus package
• Scientists probe link between IVF, genetic problems
• Harkin plans hearings on Iowa workers
• FL special ed teacher acquitted of abuse
• State senator: Closing institution would harm workers, residents
• Families grapple with choice offered by prenatal diagnosis
• Susan Axelrod: ‘I must save my child’
• Farewell to Special Olympics World Winter Games
• College chances growing for those with intellectual disabilities
• Federal court: ADA covers people with diabetes
• Additional items for Friday, Feb. 13, 2009
• Columnist: Institutions in Bulgaria must be closed
• Authors, disability advocates spar over Kindle audio feature
• Editorial: Don’t let autism fears prevent vaccinations
• Biden says disability rep will have ‘direct access’ to president
• Paterson: SNL skits amplify bias against people with disabilities
• Additional items for Thursday, February 12, 2009
• Court rules autism not caused by childhood vaccines
• Study: Parents of kids with genetic disabilities avoid ‘choice’
• Report: Pennsylvania districts shortchanging special ed
• Special Olympics rally pushes for a new R-word: Respect
• Fertility clinics queried over multiple birth disability risks
• Federal judge casts doubt on dorm lawsuit merits
• ‘Invisible Kansans’ use Internet to plead their cause
• Wait list for disability services growing in Georgia
• Additional Items for Wednesday, February 11
• CA developmental disability spending up sharply; Cuts sought
• Iowa company admits to paying workers about $65 a month
• Minnesota struggles with disability fraud
• New artificial arm controlled by thoughts
• Mom wants Texas institution kept open
• Many teachers not trained to handle students with disabilities
• Few Catholic schools offer special education
• Disability advocates prod new education secretary
• U.S. media missing from Special Olympics World Winter Games
• Iowa prepares to charge employer of workers with disabilities
• William I. Cohen: Compassionate MD started DS Center
• Octuplets’ mom collected $168,000 in disability payments
• Company accused of exploiting workers with disabilities
• Newspaper: Autism-vaccine scare began when MD faked data
• ‘How’s Your News?’ — Laughing at or laughing with?
• Column: ‘What to do with Louie?’
• Parents: Judge’s ruling on nurses puts kids at risk
• Review: MTV’s ‘How’s your news?’
• Texas mum on institutions amid federal investigation
• Texas Gov. declares safety at institutions an emergency issue
• Sequenom revises test accuracy downward; Stock falls
• U.S. data: Few businesses employ people with disabilities
• Books: ‘Hands of my father’
• ‘SNL doesn’t care if Paterson’s offended’
• Editorial: Lack of space, funds fuel mental-health crisis
• Google execs face criminal charges over video
• California withholds funds from disability programs
• Disability stories on ‘American Idol’
• VA parents beg for autism insurance
• KS family demands student with disability be ready for college
• Disability metaphor: Republicans as blind beggar
• Op-ed: Deter abortions by supporting people with disabilities
• ‘Healing, interrupted’
• Doctors reluctant to treat adults with disabilities, Arc study finds
• Missouri parents sue to close 35 schools
• Tips on setting up a caregiver agreement
• Sequenom DS detection rate no longer perfect
• Column: ‘Disability Bitch vs. Presidents’
• Health care reinstated for Canadian woman
• Study: Broader prenatal genetic testing desired
• Ethicist: ‘Doctors should do more to avoid octuplets’
• NC advocates demand mental health reform
• Another student with disability left on NY school bus
• Gadgets make the world more accessible
• Additional items for Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009
• Tim Shriver: ‘Unified teams’ are future of Special Olympics
• Arts review: ‘We’re all able in our own ways …’
• DVD helps kids with autism understand emotions
• Kids with disabilities may have undiagnosed mental health issues
• Tough decisions about future of young adults with DS
• Editorial: ‘Caring for the Caregivers’
• Paralyzed man held a year in Florida jail without a sentence
• Obit: ‘D.C. Lawyer Fought Exclusion of the Blind on Juries’
• Editorial: Closing institutions makes moral, economic sense
• Editorial: NJ should shut institutions, move people to community
• Illinois waiting list now 22,000 names long
• Man who attempted mercy killing avoids jail
• Editorial: ‘End wait for those with special needs’
• Op-ed: ‘Developmentally disabled need your help’
• Georgia budget plan would lengthen 6,700-person waiting list
• Books: ‘The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public’
• Study finds no evidence of vaccine-autism link
• Teen’s death leads Ohio governor to call for policy on restraints
• Op-ed: ‘Troubled minds and purple hearts’
• ‘Enabled veterans’
• Op-ed: ‘Moms! Save school nurses’
• CA budget plan would slash disability programs
• NC governor inspects troubled mental hospital
• High school senior launches campaign against ‘R-word’
• Florida mom lobbies against school restraints
• Editorial: ‘Giving up can’t be a solution’
• Editorial: Eliminate institutions for people with disabilities
• Editorial: Move slowly on closing Virginia institution
• Maryland man finds freedom in owning business
• Scientist: Media skewed reports of autism-testosterone link
• Utah lawmakers, families push for autism insurance
• Ontario woman with ALS says she’s being denied home care
• Advocates decry closings of 4 Chicago mental health centers
• French star appears in first film since stroke
• MA mental health budget cuts fuel worries
• Sequenom: Forbes ‘Stock of the Week’
• Disability-themed ‘Benjamin Button’ tops Oscar nominations
• In Tennessee, new restraint rules for students in special ed
• Worldwide distribution deal for Asperger’s film
• White House posts agenda on disability
• Reviews of Temple Grandin’s ‘Animals Make Us Human’
• Op-ed: Obama must address disability concerns
• Discouraging words about Cheney’s wheelchair
• Obit: Mona Winberg, Canadian disability rights advocate
• Utah considers closing autism preschools in budget crunch
• CA threatens to suspend disability payments
• Reviews: ‘Over the Hills and Far Away’
• Sacramento a leader in accessibility
• Virginia parents beg funding for children with disabilities
• Navigating the maze of autism treatments
• Dick Cheney to ride wheelchair to inauguration
• Wish list for Obama from people with disabilities
• UK plans inquiry into deaths of people with disabilities
• Columnist: Why the access problems at inauguration?
• Fans honor legacy of real-life ‘Rain Man’
• Op-ed: ‘Films show love healing mental suffering’
• At pre-inaugural celebration, Obama includes ‘disabled’
• Op-ed: Much work remains to assure disability rights
• Remembering Andrew Wyeth
• Georgia settles with feds, agrees to fix psychiatric hospitals
• Autism Speaks exec steps down over vaccine dispute
• ‘Mary and Max’ opens Sundance festival
• Obama VA pick promises to cut disability wait times
• Access problems loom at inauguration
• Editorials: NJ should close institutions, improve community care
• Columnist: ‘Having an autistic child wrecks your life’
• MTV reality series features people with disabilities
• Tech savvy Stevie Wonder tells technology firms: Be inclusive
• Feds file access suits against 5 hotels in NY theater district
• Federal judge hears dorm bias complaint against Michigan’s OU
• 8-year-old with Asperger’s arrested at school
• Plan would close five NJ institutions for people with disabilities
• Disability video wins Pulitzer Center/YouTube competition
• Scientific community skeptical about autism-testosterone link
• Column: What’s unethical about prenatal tests for autism?
• Labor nominee challenged on disability jobless rate
• Advocates press for end to school seclusion, prone restraint
• Column: ‘Autism is equality’s last frontier’
• UK woman refuses abortion of conjoined twins, spurs debate
• Doctor’s book prompts backlash against vaccine foes
• VA governor proposes cuts in services to people with disabilities
• Mother of sons with autism: ‘Our lives are not tragic’
• Kansas advocates protest cuts to home care services
• ‘Yonkers Joe’ features character with DS
• Hospital apologizes in starvation death of man with DS
• Prenatal screening for autism nearer; Ethical questions raised
• More companies offer help to families with disabilities
• Stevie Wonder, advocates encourage ‘vision-free’ gadgets
• Jay Turnbull, 41, inspired parents to found KU center
• Prenatal testing for autism: The ethical debate
• Families teach med students about disabilities
• Doctors to help prevent discrimination under new ADA law
• In memory of Jay Turnbull
• Irene C. Henry, 91, pioneered care for kids with disabilities
• Wheelchair crash death highlights transit concerns
• NYT editor critical of paper’s use of language on disability
• Children with/without disabilities left behind on school buses
• Daughter of couple with disabilities embraces family, college
• Driver who left man on bus had lengthy arrest record
• Advocates suspect autism in Travolta case
• People with disabilities imprisoned in Eastern Europe
• Columnist: Don’t be so quick to judge ‘hate speech’
• His goal: Technology that works when you’re not looking
• State audit faults SC disability agency
• Celebrating the contributions of Louis Braille
• Minnesotan is oldest living man with Down syndrome
• Serial ADA litigants: Crusading advocates or bottom-feeders?
• Service animals challenged
• North Carolina eugenics bill in doubt
• Man with disabilities left on freezing bus; Matron charged
• Recognition for Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche
• Concerns raised over inauguration accessibility
• Employers help workers cope with special needs
• Vanderbilt starting program for students with disabilities
• ‘Lawsuits by the Disabled: Abuse of the System?’
• Harriet McBryde Johnson: A reflection by Peter Singer
• ‘Prospect provides inspiration with what he doesn’t have’
• Economy shreds gains for Coloradans with disabilities
• ‘Mental patients isolated for years despite laws’
• Prenatal test for DS among year’s top science stories
• ‘The Waiting List: America’s Healthcare Crisis’
• Afghanistan’s disability crisis
• Disability groups press Obama for policy voice, appointments
• Guest commentary: A call to the disability community
• Military parents lobby for help for kids with autism
• Computer software aids people with disabilities
• New law prompts accessible technology for travel, leisure
• SC runs school for people with disabilities on Superfund site
• Baylor fetal DNA test stirs controversy
• California housing agency spent on itself, not on clients
• Census: More than 54 million Americans have disabilities
• Private action and public policy over 41 years
• NC panel recommends reparations to eugenics victims
• Holiday toys for all
• Transplant surgeon acquitted in death of man with disabilities
• ‘Child King’ screens in Boston
• John C. McGinley on his favorite role: Max’s dad
• Kids with disabilities meet sensitive Santas
• Nonprofit seeks new technology for people with disabilities
• Gift-giving a challenge when kids have autism
• Schools use seclusion rooms to subdue kids with disabilities
• Man fights forced electroshock therapy
• Columnist: ‘No joke — stereotypes can sting’
• Parents of children with autism fear the future
• Audit: Detroit airport not accessible
• Texas lawmakers seek to fix institutions, not close them
• Op-ed: ‘The future in our hands’
• Paterson skit on ‘SNL’ funny or insulting? You decide
• ‘No confidence’ in leaders at Nebraska institution
• Nevada cuts early intervention
• Parents struggle to balance jobs, kids with disabilities
• State data: NYC shortchanging special ed students
• Gov. Paterson, blind advocates rip SNL skit
• Columnist: ‘The problem with Jerry’
• Illinois AG argues Blagojevich too ‘disabled’ to serve
• Abuse of handicapped permits prompts reform effort in CT
• Four institutions in MA scheduled to close
• Georgia mental health plan lacks funding
• Chapel Haven West teaches students with autism to live solo
• Families seek to block closing of Illinois institution
• Jerry Lewis to get humanitarian Oscar
• ‘Knowing Gabriel’
• U-Wisconsin campus welcomes students with disabilities
• Protesters confront officials over deaths in Texas institutions
• No charges brought in assisted suicide case
• WI report: Restraints still used after fatal incident
• Editorial: Texas must act swiftly on institutions
• NC seeks victims of eugenic sterilization
• BBC reprimanded over jokes about Palin, Down syndrome
• Cal wheelchair basketball students mostly non-disabled
• Commentary: Media has biased view of people with disabilities
• ‘The waltz of a fearless flower’
• Op-ed: Texas has ‘moral obligation’ to shift to community care
• Dentist’s protocol sparks controversy over DS research
• Advocates call for closing of Alabama institution
• In NY, a push to educate kids with autism near home
• Test all pregnant women for DS, Australian doctors urge
• New rule lets parents pull kids out of special ed
• 53 people with intellectual disabilities falsely confess to crimes
• Magazine honors Eunice Shriver for lifetime of leadership
• Stars aligned to close Texas institutions?
• New DS tests could spur more abortions, less family aid
• GA mental health advocate caught in budget squeeze
• Americans with disabilities hit hard in downturn
• Advocates seek halt on admissions to Texas institutions
• Students face suspension over mental health woes
• ‘The Black Balloon’: Wrenching portrait of life with autism
• New U of Iowa program serves students with learning disabilities
• Book: ‘Living Gently in a Violent World’
• Shortage of direct support workers called crisis
• Texas ‘state school’ staff: Overworked, underpaid
• Taxi troubles
• Michael J. Fox on living with Parkinson’s
• Virginia advocates rally against ‘training center’
• Home appliance makers seek to woo boomers with more accessible designs
• ‘Time for Dad to die’
• ‘Growing Pains’
• After ballot defeat, new idea from Colorado disability advocates
• U.S. report blasts mistreatment of residents in Texas institutions
• Disability advocates sue Oakland U over dorm access
• Group finds jobs for people with Down syndrome
• Parents said near ‘breaking point’ with autism
• Canadian colleges seek students with disabilities
• Column: Life looks good from a wheelchair
• Adults with developmental disabilities wait years for homes
• Kansas freezes independent living program
• Group home delays closing amid offers of help
• One in five young adults has mental health problems
• Columnist: New perspective on disabilities is needed
• 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
• Opinion: Palin speech omits words like ‘disability,’ ‘Medicaid’
• Paul Offit: ‘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 ‘special needs’
• 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 challenges’ 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
• ‘Advocating for a treatment, but denied access to it’
• Officials accused of bilking disability adoption funds
• Five Emmy nominations for ‘Autism: The Musical’
• Special Olympics founder recalls 40 years of progress
• Teacher gets probation for taping special ed student to chair
• Pistorius fails in Olympic bid; Legal action threatened
• ‘Policing kids with autism is a new challenge on the beat’
• ‘This Disability Pride Month, something to be happy about’
• Ten-year sentence in adoption fraud; Abuse charges pending
• Additional items for July 15, 2008
• U.S. wheelchair rugby team favored in Paralympics
• ‘German geneticists condemn Nazi eugenics program’
• New technologies could help people with impaired vision get jobs
• Audit: Texas failing at helping people leave institutions
• Donations will send athletes to Deaflympics
• Experts alarmed by stem-cell tourism
• Op-ed: ‘Why mess with the ADA?’
• McCartney boosts Paralympic fundraising effort
• Schools increasingly using restraints on students with disabilities
• Editorial: ‘Stop parking tag abuse’
• Medical costs for children with disabilities: Rankings by state
• Preparing for the Paralympics
• California schools lack plan for autism; local districts threatened
• Illinois governor wants insurers to pay for autism treatment
• Looking for love
• Shriver’s job program may be undermined by budget cuts
• MIT professor seeks to recover after brain injury
• U.S. athletes prepare for Paralympic games
• Pennsylvania governor signs autism insurance bill
• California groups suing over Medicaid cuts
• Presidential forum on disabilities planned
• ‘Autism gene search turns up hope for treatment’
• Fighting stigma with a ‘Positive Exposure’
• Utahns protest lack of funding for school for deaf, blind students
• Additional items for July 9, 2008
• Kids’ autism shown to affect parents’ employment
• Congressional reps link autism, dental fillings
• House speaker’s rostrum to be wheelchair accessible
• Massachusetts OKs measure to rename DMR, remove stigma
• Survey: Americans would rather be dead than disabled
• Commentary on ‘Britain’s Missing Top Model’
• ‘Fringe autism treatment could get federal study’
• Court upholds bias finding in Wal-Mart disability case
• Studio shares passion for performing
• Students with autism get help in college
• ‘The love pact that saved Christopher Reeve’
• D.C. council members lash out at care providers
• At first town meeting, McCain opposes Community Choice Act
• Scientists seek ways to diagnose autism earlier
• Additional items for July 7, 2008
• Researchers say drugs may fight developmental disabilities
• ‘Raising a child with Down syndrome’
• Former residents bear witness to their lives in an institution
• Op-ed: ‘Let’s be respectful’
• Kennedy’s speech displays rare disorder
• ‘Leveraging the strengths of the disabled’
• Missionaries reaching out to people with impaired hearing
• ‘Getting on disability is a real pain’
• Despite good intentions, ‘disability dolls’ stir fury in parents
• Fixing Georgia mental health system would carry a big pricetag
• Op-ed: ‘Targeting the womb, Down syndrome, disabilities’
• In UK, ban sought on abortions for cleft palate, club foot
• ‘Avoidable turbulence’
• Canadian disability advocates rally in defense of teenager
• ‘We need to see America through Connor Gifford’s eyes’
• ‘Who pays for autism treatment?’
• It’s revolutionary. It’s ultra-stylish. It’s a wheelchair.
• More accessible playgrounds are planned
• Ohio groups consider dropping ‘retardation’
• Editorial: ‘Unimpaired rights’
• Additional items for July 5, 2008
• Time magazine: Disabled model show called ‘reality TV hit’
• ‘Blind Ambition: The Ultimate Braille Challenge’
• Miss Deaf Texas calls for better education
• UK colleges expand job access for students with disabilities
• Advocates say parking permits widely abused
• Award-winning novelist explores Turner syndrome
• Blind park ranger illuminates Boston’s rich history
• Additional items for July 4, 2008
• Video of ‘Britain’s Missing Top Model’…
• Psych patients face day-long waits in hospital ERs
• Father pursues class-action status for autism suit
• ‘Brothers handle newfound celebrity, sixth grade with aplomb’
• Fragile X may hold secrets to autism
• Louisiana governor signs autism bill
• Gov. David Paterson reflects on life with disability
• Go ahead and stare …
• Pact grants new housing options to Georgians with disabilities
• 1,000 march in Dallas to advocate for blind people
• Currency lawsuit motivated by love, not money
• Healthy woman’s assisted suicide renews ‘right to die’ debate
• Researcher caught between controversy, daughter’s autism
• Deaf advocacy groups disagree over use of sign, technology
• Mental patient dies, ignored, in hospital waiting room
• Church ban of teen with autism fuels new debate
• Embryo screening? Been there, done that, doctors say
• Deputy in wheelchair jail case won’t go on trial
• Mom charged with withholding chemo from son with autism
• Lawsuit: Georgia’s slow Medicaid appeals violate law
• Fonz adds glitter to British reading launch
• Parents fight for treatment of daughter with Tay-Sachs
• ‘Editorial: Is the standard fair?’
• ‘Can a disabled model make it in fashion?’
• HBO developing ‘Manic’
• ABC series will include actor with Down syndrome
• Columnist: Caregivers need help
• ‘Through decades of change, a core crew remains’
• Australian newscaster stirs up euthanasia debate
• Students who can see learn Braille with peers who can’t
• Restraining order upheld; Church can bar boy with autism
• ‘Breast cancer-free’ baby claims called misleading, troubling
• British woman says she conceived ‘breast cancer free’ baby
• ‘Mind-altering drugs and the problem child’
• Review: Firsthand accounts of life with disabilities are ‘riveting’
• Athletes disabled by war lead Iraqi Paralympic team
• Brutal attack prompts hate crime bill in Ohio
• State Rep. Thomas Kennedy poised for new achievement
• In Scotland, earlier and more accurate prenatal testing for DS
• ‘Smiling through’
• Advocates: NY law on service animals permits abuse
• 3 major care providers leave DC, saying pay is too low
• Gallaudet accreditation to be reaffirmed
• U.S. firm makes dolls with appearance of Down syndrome
• Fan with cerebral palsy undertakes ‘Longest Walk in Golf’
• Op-ed: ‘People with disabilities under-represented in work force’
• Marines with injuries find strength, purpose in athletics
• Court ruling brings hope for more Medicaid services in Georgia
• Op-ed: ‘Antiquated DMR name long overdue for change’
• Op-ed: ‘Updating the disabilities act lets us share good fortune’
• New reality show: Britain’s Missing Top Model
• ‘Disabled groups say little has changed in China’
• Columnist: Using ‘retarded’ as a derogatory term is offensive
• Russia looks to end isolation of those with disabilities
• Harriet McBryde Johnson: ‘A life worth living’
• Federal judge: Denial of Santa visit violated ADA
• Michigan parents upset over bigger special education classes
• Editorial: ‘The test of services should be whether students benefit’
• Flight returns to gate, ejects boy with autism
• ‘Krystal’s big break; Canada’s newest film star aims for the top’
• House votes to expand disability rights
• Report: Children in Louisiana group homes are at risk
• Volunteers with disabilities share insights with kids
• ‘Neglected’ diseases threaten poor, cause disabilities
• ‘Are disability dolls a blessing or a sick joke?’
• British dance group promotes inclusiveness in Cambodia
• ‘U.S. reluctance to sign treaty on disabilities is painful, puzzing’
• Op-Ed: ‘Displaced, disabled and in need of our care’
• ‘Days of Our Lives’ introduces autism plot
• CA amusement park cancels ‘cuts’ for guests with disabilities
• Mom challenges stereotypes about spinal cord injuries
• ‘Blind advocates raise concerns about silent vehicles’
• Obit: Producer of Oscar-winning film had dyslexia
• Additional items for June 23, 2008
• ‘Family Meal: The birthday lunch that never grew up, until …’
• Staying fit on wheels
• ‘A band rocking and rolling past a few barriers’
• Deaf rider frustrated by Washington Metro system
• Sarah Palin: Possible McCain VP pick?
• ‘Loved and cherished, she thrives’
• UCP report ranks Mississippi first in institutionalizing people
• Opinion: Blood screens may increase abortions, protect choice
• Researchers help kids with disabilities learn to ride bikes
• Disability program graduation called historic
• ‘A risk-free blood test for Down syndrome in pregnancy’
• Letter: Outdated perceptions pose threat to DS population
• ‘Reality dance show puts Rett syndrome in the spotlight’
• Quebec boy with autism smothered while restrained in class
• Women found guilty in ‘mercy killing’ of man with Alzheimer’s
• California dad sues district over restraint of boy with autism
• Disability employment awareness effort launched
• Compromise disability bill sails through committees
• Bert Shepard, 87: Played major league ball with just one leg
• Editorial: State shouldn’t interfere in care of kids with disabilities
• IG blasts NY agencies for ‘shoddy’ probe in abuse of disabled boy
• Sales lag for wheelchair tickets at Michigan Stadium
• Students with autism missing from yearbook; Parents complain
• ‘Should I vaccinate my baby?’
• ‘Learning to be happy’
• ‘Cindy McCain in Vietnam on cleft palates mission’
• ‘Gathering gives little people a taste of being average’
• Dads form autism support group
• ‘Given chance to help others, Peer Buddies blossom’
• A dose of ‘Deadly Medicine’
• Court cuts sentences for killers of disabled man
• Ruling expected in VA mental health care lawsuit
• Technology denies access to people who can’t see, hear
• ‘Camera’s eye shows perspective of special students’
• Campers with cancer share fun, friendship at Camp Sunshine
• Cheerleader with Down syndrome, coach win national award
• In Florida, another Schiavo case?
• Universal design attracting homebuyers
• Tracy Ashton: Actress on ‘My Name is Earl’
• ‘Mom upset over seating snafu’
• Proposed federal rules would ease ADA for colleges
• ‘A disabled swimmer’s dream, a mother’s fight’
• ADA compromise on fast track in Congress
• Parents pursue nondrug treatments for ADHD, but data is scarce
• Report: Virginia falling short in serving youth with disabilities
• Doctors alarmed by availability of OTC chelation agents
• NY Press Club honors WSJ series on inclusion
• Australian TV host’s slur stirs ire; then his brother with DS dies
• Rosalynn Carter: Georgia mental health cuts ‘unconscionable’
• Veterans face devastating waits for disability benefits
• NYC schools start posting special ed info online
• Judge rules Georgia can’t deny kids Medicaid services
• U.S. push to expand access brings fears of business backlash
• Man with Down syndrome skydives with his dad
• Special needs are costly as districts pay for private tuition
• Stilt walker nears 830-mile mark in fundraiser for UCP
• Editorial: Milwaukee should settle special ed case
• Editorial: Tax equity needed for people with disabilities
• New law will let students with disabilities walk at graduation
• Introducing the Class of 2008
• Students with disabilities earn advanced degrees
• Virginia parents worry about proposed special ed rule change
• Maryland schools tailor teaching to kids with Asperger’s
• Movie review: ‘Quid Pro Quo’
• Supporters press assisted suicide ballot measure
• Administration to propose more disability access
• Teens lobby for curriculum on disability rights
• Small business owners in SF rail against ADA lawsuits
• Children with mental illness endure long hospital waits
• Op-ed: ‘Why I’m uneasy about assisted suicide case’
• Shortage of teachers for blind, visually impaired students
• Earlier diagnosis creating Alzheimer’s movement
• Differences in common for trio of valedictorians
• Harriet McBryde Johnson: An appreciation
• Can volunteering help people with Alzheimer’s?
• Wisconsin high court allows taped evidence in abuse case
• UK unveils memorial to Nazis’ disabled victims
• Communities of faith welcome people with special needs
• Autism advocates looking for acceptance, not cure
• School district: Special ed caused $1 million shortage
• Study finds black market for disabled parking in Britain
• Op-ed: People with mental illness need in