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Fund-raising?

Confirmation of Federal Judges and Executive Branch Nominees What Your Nonprofit Needs To Know. Click here for details.

NONPROFIT ISSUES BLOG: Keep abreast of nonprofit policy issues in the easiest way - read OMB Watch's nonprofit weblog at http://www.ombwatch.org/article/blogs/298/0.

The Draper Richards Foundation is seeking social entrepreneurs for its fellowship program. The nonprofits of these social entrepreneurs will receive $100,000 annually for three years. See http://draperrichards.org/index.html.

THE CHALLENGE OF THE MULTI-SITE NONPROFIT* Whether your sites are blocks away or states away, this HBS Working Knowledge article (by two business school professors) says multi-site nonprofits shouldn't use for- profit corporate management models and centralization isn't always best. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=3515&t=nonprofit&noseek=one

FREE ONLINE FILING FOR IRS FORM 990 The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is offering nonprofits free online filing of IRS Form 990. NCCS's process makes filling out the form easier and helps make it more accurate. See http://www.ombwatch.org/article
/articleview/2795/1/337.

Help Innovation Network (http://www.innonet.org)
identify how nonprofits evaluate their work by taking a 10 minute survey at http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB224B2W4BNTQ

The Web site, Grants.gov, makes it easier for organizations to learn about and apply for federal grants.
Its launch marks an important milestone in President Bush's Electronic Government (E-Gov) Initiative.
Welcome to Grants.gov! Or click here.

. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES (OF VARYING SORTS) * Levi-Strauss Foundation. Priorities:
preventing HIV/AIDS; increasing economic development opportunities; and ensuring access to education.
See http://www.levistrauss.com/
responsibility/foundation/index.htm.

Draper Richards Foundation offers funding support for experienced social entrepreneurs starting up
nonprofit organizations in the United States.
Projects that demonstrate innovative ways to solve existing social problems may receive up to $100,000
annually for three years. See http://www.draperrichards.org/
process/guidelines.html for more details.

Telosa Software is seeking a few nonprofit professionals to beta test Exceed! Basic, its newest fund-raising software.
Participants will receive a free copy of Exceed! Basic and six months of free product support.
Exceed! Basic is designed to be an easy to use fund-raising software for nonprofit organizations - so let them know if it is!
If you are interested, go to http://www.telosa.com/ebasic or call 800.750.6418x202.

* Education Foundation of America funds work in the environment, the crisis of human overpopulation and reproductive freedom, Native Americans, arts, education, medicine, and human services. LOI required. No deadline. See http://www.efaw.org/index.html.

* The Funding Exchange's OSD Grantmaking Program funds organizations with
limited access to corporate or mainstream sources of funding. Funds available for work on issues, including but not
limited to: economic equity, environmental justice, social justice, anti-oppression, media and cultural activism,
movement building, and international solidarity with progressive movements abroad.
Activist-advised grants range from $5-20K.
Donor- advised grants vary. Deadline 3/1. For more information, visit http://www.fex.org/2.3_
grantmakingindex.html

The Web site, Grants.gov, makes it easier for organizations to learn about and apply for federal grants.
Its launch marks an important milestone in President Bush's Electronic Government (E-Gov) Initiative. Welcome to Grants.gov! Or click here.

TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE DAY

Bush veto of kids' health bill puts pressure on House GOP. But Bush's fourth veto Wednesday - rejecting legislation to expand a children's health insurance program to cover 4 million more kids - could prove the most controversial and costly to members of his Republican Party running for election next fall. Click here for article.

THE SEARCH FOR HOUSING MADE EASIER: CIDNY IMPROVES THE NEW YORK STATE HOUSING ACCESSABILITY REGISTRY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. Click here for more.

Need Help Finding Housing That Is Accessible, Affordable and In Your Area of New York State? (pdf file)

Disabled People Most Likely To Smoke.Americans with disabilities smoke more than everyone else, according to the first national study to compare smoking rates between the two groups. Click hre for article.

Metropolitan Police Authority - removing barriers that effect deaf and disabled Londoners in times of emergency. Click here for article.

Woman in wheelchair injured by subway train.A woman was struck by a train and seriously injured after the back wheels of her electric wheelchair got stuck on the yellow studded area of a Penn Station subway platform, police said yesterday. Click here for article.

In Ireland: Half as many disabled use the web - ComReg. Only half as many people with disabilities use the internet compared with the rest of the population, a new survey has found. Click here for more.

WINDOW OF CHINA

President Hu urges more care for disabled people. During a visit to a training center for intellectually disabled in China's biggest city Shanghai on the National Day, Hu chatted with Chinese and foreign disabled people and joined them in outdoor games, wishing them to make more progress in physical exercise and mental recovery. Click here for article.

Mary Ann Jones, 63; advocate for the disabled Dead. Mary Ann Jones, executive director of the Westside Center for Independent Living in Los Angeles who devoted the last three decades to working on behalf of people with disabilities, has died. She was 63. Click here for article.

NASA's Marshall Center to hear disabled educator Glenn McIntyre speak.Disabled motivational speaker and educator Glenn McIntyre, accompanied by his service dog "Boylan," will address employees at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.on Oct. 4. Click here for article.

A man hugs a disabled Palestinian, who had been stranded in Egypt since Hamas seized Gaza in June, after he returned to Gaza through the Rafah border crossing September 30, 2007. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)

Brazil's Inclusion plan for disabled people.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, speaks during the opening ceremony of his government's Inclusion plan for disabled people at the Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007. At left, a translator uses sign language to translate Da Silva's speech for a deaf and speech impaired audience. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

India to ratify U.N. Convention on rights of disabled. Click here for article.

Events for the disabled. Click here for article.

Report finds New Jersey disabled facing voting obstacles. Disabled New Jerseyans face difficulty voting, according to a new report that found only 20 percent of state polling places meet legal requirements for disability access. Click here for article.

New York Court Approves Settlement for Thousands of Disabled New Yorkers to Receive Millions of Dollars in Food Stamps. Click here for press release.

Veterans care, disability pay in disarray, says GAO study. Click here for article.

Special Olympics Team USA Meet in Los Angeles Before Heading to Shanghai for the 2007 World Summer Games. Click here for article.

Armed gang attacks disabled man. A disabled man was attacked by an armed gang in Greater Manchester as he sat in his wheelchair. Click here for article.

Group helps get disabled farmers back in the field. A state lawmaker who was left disabled after a farming accident wants the state to provide money to renovate farming equipment so the disabled can continue to farm. Click here for article.

History buff `a real pioneer' for disabled.It was 1945 and most people were told their disabled children would be better off in institutions. Click here for article.

Editorial: Disabled employees are shorted too often.The effort to reduce workers' compensation costs to employers has been one of California's greatest political success stories of the decade. Click here for article.

Creating opportunities for the disabled. Event offers career and housing help to benefit group often left unemployed . Click here for article.

Group dedicates vans for disabled veterans. Click here for article.

More Profit and Less Nursing at Many Homes. The facility’s managers quickly cut costs. Click here for article.

Motorized cart for disabled meets resistance in Panama City. Swett knew Cope, who lost both legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq, would have extreme difficulty navigating from a beachfront parking lot to the water's edge. He also had a ready solution. Click here for article.

For disabled, the wait just got shorter. Hundreds of adults, including many fresh out of high school, have typically waited years for the help they need to live healthy, safe and productive lives. Click here for article.

Administration to cut school buses for disabled children. The Bush Administration plans to stop reimbursing states for school-based Medicaid activities, including transporting disabled students, a move that would cost California schools more than $100 million a year. Click here for article.

Friends turn to town for 'stop-gap' funding to move disabled residents. Click here for article.

Seizure-Sensing Dogs Help Patients Cope. (CBS) Mako is more than Eli Zabawa's new Golden Retriever. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports that Mako's leash is now Eli's lifeline. Click here for article.

Disabled Man Freed EarlyA disabled former attorney who said he needed large amounts of drugs to numb his pain was released from prison Thursday after the governor and the rest of the state clemency board pardoned his drug trafficking charges. Click here for article.

Critics slam plan for disabled voting equipment.ALBANY - State officials are considering an expensive stopgap to comply next year with a federal law mandating that all polling places have a voting machine equipped for the disabled, though county leaders and reformers have said the plan is unworkable and could further delay the modernization of voting systems. Click here for article.

Federal judge orders state to accommodate N.C. disabled woman. Click here for article.

New Yankees stadium to have better access for disabled. If someone with Lou Gehrig's disease attends a Yankees game in the Bronx today, he might be sitting alone. Click here for article.

Mass transit crisis will hurt disabled. Dave Tschiggfrie is not the kind of guy who likes to be alone. Click here for article.

Disabled Man Says Night Club Owner Discriminates. Click here for article.

Why don't people work? While there is a multibillion dollar industry out there that tracks every move of the working public, what nonworkers are doing remains somewhat of a mystery, according to the US Census Bureau. Click here for article.

Medicare-for-all would keep everyone covered. One year ago, when the U.S. Census Bureau released its figures on Americans lacking health insurance in 2005, I wrote a piece here describing the sad state of the health care system in America. Recently, the numbers were released, and things have only gotten worse. Click here for article.

October movie inspired by activists for disabled. You might expect a weep-fest from an inspirational movie called "Music Within," opening Oct. 26, about two disabled men in the 1970s trying to make the world more accessible for people with disabilities. Click here for article.

City Curb Cuts Help Accessibility. The City of Savannah is a popular place for tourists, but some say it isn't friendly to all who live here. Click here for article.

Some favor slower right to die for paralyzed. Gary Pearson was 19, snoozing in the back of a van on the way to Coast Guard duty in Seattle, when his life became immensely more complicated. Click here for article.

Playground swings to inclusiveness. Click here for article.

National Council on Disability Urges Congress to Support Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration. Click here for article.

Surf's Up: Reaching Kids

(CBS) For champion surfer Izzy Paskowitz, conquering the crests of the world's tallest waves has always brought a rush. One day, he found it also could bring peace. Click here for article.

Everett Lucky Break.

 Everett's Condition Improved. Bills team medical director Dr. John Marzo called it "new and substantial" information on injured tight end Kevin Everett. And when Dr. Kevin Gibbons spoke the developments sounded encouraging, but there is still a long way to go in terms of recovery. Click here for article.

After AMA, disabled take aim at state. A group of disabled protesters staged a blockade within the State of Illinois office building in the Loop for more than five hours Tuesday while their leaders and state officials negotiated issues of concern to the disabled. Click here for article and video

THOMPSON CENTER BLOCKADED | Gov OKs some demands. Click here for article.

ADAPT storms the AMA. Click here for article.

ADAPT Activists Arrested in Chicago. Click here for article.

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State agrees settles welfare department disability lawsuit.The state has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a federal class action lawsuit against the Department of Social Services over the lack of access to welfare offices and services for disabled clients. Click here for article.

Suit: Hospital broke federal disability law. W hen a lab assistant with multiple sclerosis began to suffer "extreme and persistent fatigue," Concord Hospital allowed her to reduce her shifts per week. But when she asked to cut back on the number of hours she worked per shift, the hospital balked, according to court documents. Click here for article.

Tackling the Pain: Football Players Deal With Injuries.One Former Player Speculates Years of Concussions Left Him Disabled. Click here for aricle.

Nursing Home Owners Acquitted in Katrina Deaths.By morning, 35 of their frailest patients would be dead, drowned in their wheelchairs and beds by the storm surge. Click here for more.

NYS DISABLED ADVOCATES DEFEAT ELECTIONS BOARD ON HAVA MEASURE.

We Won!!! Click here for more.

NY TIMES: Holt's Election Reform Bill (HR 811) Going Back for a Re-Write. Click here for background

Commissioner Astrue Extends Social Security’s Quick Disability Determination Nationwide. Click here for article.

CIL Under Investigation

Suffolk DA investigating Coram charity bingo game. Officials at the Suffolk Independent Living Organization, the nonprofit that runs the thrice-weekly bingo game in Coram, Click here for article.

Bingo files go missing.Officials in the town clerk's office discovered Monday afternoon that two years of weekly bingo game reports from the Suffolk Independent Living Organization had disappeared. Click here for second article.

Security up after bingo records vanish.Since late last year, Suffolk prosecutors have been investigating allegations of skimming in bingo games run by the Coram-based Suffolk Independent Living Organization. Click here for third article.

'Amazing Race' Former Contestant Inspires Children With Learning Disability. Growing up in Greenville, South Carolina, she was diagnosed with a learning disability and was told by doctors that it would likely prevent her from accomplishing goals she had set for herself. Click here for article.

Senator Johnson Returns to the Senate.With television cameras recording every spin of his wheelchair, Senator Tim Johnson, Democrat of South Dakota, sported a wide grin as he officially returned to his offices today on Capitol Hill. Click here for article.

Medicare Spends One Billion Dollars a Day - Official. Click here for article.

Study: Surge In Bipolar Diagnoses In Kids. (CBS/AP) A new analysis suggests there's been a huge increase in the number of U.S. children diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but experts question whether the surge is real and say some kids have been mislabeled.Click here for article.

No Longer One of 'Jerry's Kids' . Jerry Lewis' annual MDA Labor Day Telethon means well but misses the point. Click here for article.

Disability conference Sept. 13. VERONA - The Family Advocacy Center is presenting an informational conference that will prepare families of children with disabilities and those who serve them for the changes that occur from birth throughout adulthood. Click here for article.

The betrayal of imperfect children. Click here for article.

Monique Proves Size Isn't Everything. Click here for story.

Obituary

Frank Bowe, 60, Deaf Advocate for Disabled. Bowe was known in the disability rights community as "the father of section 504" of the 1973 act.Click here for article.

Frank Bowe, deaf NY professor who fought for disabled, dies at 60. Click here for article.

'Max's Positive Vibe' helps others Aug. 31: A man set out to aid his disabled son, and wound up helping others. NBC’s John Yang reports for 'Making a Difference.' Click here for video

Disability Coalition Reports Problems in Digital Television Transition Click here for more.

Woman pins hopes on China stem cells. An El Paso, Texas, woman paralyzed from the waist down by a drunken driver is selling burritos to fund a trip to China for experimental stem cell treatment. Click here for article.

To China for stem cell treatment Aug. 30: One family went to China for a treatment they couldn't get at home. NBC’s Ian Williams reports. Click for video

Senators help San Jose mom get her son on disability Click here for article.

Disability Resource Center Facilitating Campus Access for Everyone. Click here for article.

Gulf marks Katrina anniversary. Click here for article.

Anne Ford, advocate for people with disabilities Aug. 12: Anne Ford has been an advocate for people with disabilities for over a decade. Recently, she revealed that her advocacy hit close to home: her youngest daughter was diagnosed with nonverbal learning disabilities. NBC’s Lisa Daniels has the full report. Click here for video.

Pharmacies fear changes in Medicaid. For Mark Williams, it’s a simple business proposition: He can’t afford to sell medicine for less than what he paid for it. Click here for article.

Steelworker Takes The Spotlight At Debate.Gets Standing Ovation At Democratic Debate For Asking "What's Wrong With America?" On Health Care Tuesday night during the AFL-CIO debate when Steve Skvara, a 60-year-old retired steelworker from Union Township, Ind., asked a question to resounding applause: Click here for story and video

Disabled man found after wrongly being deported.A developmentally disabled U.S. citizen who was in the custody of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department before he disappeared after wrongly being deported to Mexico earlier this year has been found, officials said today. Initiators of the torch, a coalition of people who came together over concerns about organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China,Click here for article.

The Relay for Human Dignity. the Olympic torch, is to be lit in Greece on Thursday August 9 and will travel around the world to put human rights on the agenda in the lead-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Click here for article.

Disabled protesters snarl traffic in Jerusalem. Click here for article.

Voting Machine Companies Attack Review. Representatives of three voting machine companies criticized a state study that found their machines could be breached by hackers, saying it had reached unrealistic conclusions. Click here for article.

US Senate, following House, votes to expand kids' health insurance, defying veto threat. Click here for article.

Disabled man crashes van to save himself. Click here for more.

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Early interferon therapy may delay MS disability. Click here for article.

Scientists discover genes that cause MS. After three decades of work, scientists said Sunday they have identified two human genes that can cause multiple sclerosis, illuminating a new road toward a treatment for the debilitating nerve disease. Click here for article.

Doctors find coma breakthrough for one man.

Doctors 'Awaken' Man 6 Years After Severe Brain Injury
The 38-year-old patient, who was severely brain-damaged, received deep brain stimulation and can now feed himself and communicate, activities that were unthinkable before the therapy. Click here for story.

Jumper leads deep into brain revive man after six years. Click here for article.

Institutionalizing people with disabilities. Click here for blog.

Health and Access to Care Help Explain Differences in Arthritis Disability Risk. Click here for article.

Maiden Multiple Sclerosis Genes Identified In Over Three Decades. Click here for article.

SSA Disability Backlog: Long Time Coming. Click here for article.

Poll reveals attitudes of US parents to genetic testing. Click here for article.

Running Outside of His Lane.--Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee South African sprinter who calls himself "the fastest man on no legs," made his 400-meter debut racing against nondisabled runners two weeks ago in Sheffield, England. Click here for article.

Legislation to Broaden Definition of ‘Disability’--House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) introduced legislation on Thursday, July 26 that would address what a bipartisan group of lawmakers say are unduly narrow judicial interpretations of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336). Click here for article.

DOD, VA to test streamlined disability plan --After months of top-level negotiations, the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are only weeks away from testing a plan to streamline and partially merge their disability rating processes. Click here for article.

UN Disability Rights Convention Reaches Landmark Of 100 Signatories. Click here for article.

The Special Olympics have been a joyful part of international athletics since 1968, when the first games were held at Chicago's Soldier Field. Click here for press release.

Let's begin discussion on poverty-disability link.--Poverty and disability are two issues closely intertwined. As a result, local disability advocates have been rethinking how best to address the issue of equal access and opportunity for individuals not only in this community, but statewide. Click here for article.

Commission calls for better veterans care, help for troops’ family caregivers. Click here for article.

Report slams Medicare pilot program.--As a result, poor children and pregnant women are paying more for lower-quality health coverage, according to a legal opinion released Tuesday. Click here for article.

Letter to the Editor: Restore true meaning to Americans with Disabilities Act. Click here for more.

US army veterans sue government. A coalition of US military veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is suing the US government. Click here for article.

Overhaul Plan for Vote System Will Be Delayed.--Under pressure from state and local officials, as well as from lobbyists for the disabled, House leaders now advocate putting off the most sweeping changes until 2012, four years later than planned. Click here for more.

New life as writer emerges from disability--But there was a trade-off: The surgery left him paralyzed from the waist down. Click here for article.

Special needs: We need accountability for recipients.--They do not care to find out if those students are faring better than they did in public school or what taxpayers are getting for their money. They require no tracking of these students' progress whatsoever. They simply send millions of taxpayer dollars out the door with no questions asked. Click here for article.

Disability Act honored. --The Center for Independent Living will commemorate the 17th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disability Act on Thursday with several events. Click here for article.

Who cares?

Having a degree and excellent skills count for little if you are disabled and live in residential care. Why? --If your CV read like Doug Paulley's, you would probably expect to spend a lifetime as a high-earning IT professional. Click here for article.

Little Guy, Big Golf Skills---As a baby, Kyle was diagnosed with something called Retinalblastoma.... “The best way to describe it was just a white glare — in one of his eyes." Click here for story.

No delay in Braille edition of new ‘Potter’--Bernard is blind, and the first six Potter books were not published in Braille until some time after they hit book retailers. Not this time. Click here for story.

Get proud by practicing Gay. The ADA’s anniversary is Independence Day for ‘queer crips.’ Click here for opinion.

Jessica Long Named Best Female Athlete with a Disability by ESPYs. Click here for article.

Smith creates painting for Maryland rep. Local artist Skip Smith, last week at the National Council on Independent Living Caucus in Washington, D.C., presented an oil painting to Congressman Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland. Click here for article.

CBSNEWS: Medicare Disadvantage
Privatized Health Care For Seniors Can Leave Them In The Dark As Insurance Companies Reap A Windfall Click here for article.

More On Medicare Rights How To Find Medicare Resources And Report Fraud Or Complaints Click here for article

Man who needs heart transplant denied disability. Click here for article.

UN convention on disability rights reaches milestone in signatories. Click here for article.

Veteran wins full disability after 20-year wait. Click here for article.

New rehabilitation commissioner named Charles Carr, a longtime advocate for disabled people, was appointed yesterday as commissioner for the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission. Carr, who is paralyzed and uses a wheelchair, will replace Elmer Bartels in early August, said JudyAnn Bigby, Governor Deval Patrick's secretary of the Office of Health and Human Services. Carr, who is from Methuen, was paralyzed in a diving accident at 14. He has been an advocate for disability policies and programs for more than 30 years and has a national reputation for his leadership in the independent living movement, state officials said. The Patrick administration recently chose not to rehire Bartels as head of the commission. He had served 30 years in the post. (AP). More on Carr, click here.

First Citizens facing disability dispute.-A former First Citizens Bank executive from Matthews who was denied disability payments for more than two years is suing the bank.The lawsuit was filed in federal court on behalf of Carolyn Austin...Click here for article.

Politicians do not care about us say disability groups.--The Dis-Charge group is angry about Camden Council's moves to make disabled people in the borough pay for their own care. Click here for article.

Woman with disability denied service at McDonald’s.-- Born with Holt-Oram syndrome, Dawn Larson has three tiny fingers and a thumb attached about six inches from her shoulders. Using her feet and toes, the mother of four can . Click here for article.

Group planning rally over disability access. The Disability Investigative Group and the Three Rivers Center for Independent Living, Pittsburgh, are proceeding with plans for a July 26 rally to call attention to lack of disability access to the borough's Post Office. Click here for article.

Cognitive scores vary as much within test takers as between age groups making testing less valid. How precise are tests used to diagnose learning disability, progressive brain disease or impairment from head injury" Timothy Salthouse, PhD, a noted cognitive psychologist at the University of Virginia, has demonstrated that giving a test only once isn’t enough to get a clear picture of someone’s mental functioning. Click here for article.

Metro Settles Disability Lawsuit.--Metro has agreed to give all MetroAccess riders 10 free trips and the transit agency will spend $12 million over the next three years to improve its troubled service for the disabled as part of a settlement of a lawsuit by advocates for people unable to use trains and buses. Click here for article.

Creation of an AMA Disability Advisory Committee Presently, the perspective of people with disabilities is not formally represented in the structure of the AMA. This petition calls for the AMA to demonstrate its commitment to the full inclusion of people with disabilities in the ongoing work of the AMA by creating a Disability Advisory Committee. Click here for article.

Gene therapy offers hope for easing Parkinson's Experimental treatment shows 'unbelievable' results for patients in study Click here for article.

About $80 Billion Go To Provide Care For People With Diabetes One out of every eight federal health care dollars is spent treating people with diabetes. Click here for article.

QCC wins disability lawsuit Federal court jury rejects student’s case Click here for article.

2nd int'l con'f on disability, mass media. Click here for article.

Judith E. Heumann: For Fenty's Disabilities Pick, Experience Is Firsthand--Few people understand the challenges faced by the District's disabled residents the way Judith E. Heumann does. She knows the impact of a broken elevator at a Metro station -- and the frustration of being told she cannot do something she wants to do. Click here for article.

Troops’ mental health struggles. One soldier’s plight illustrates problems. Click here for article.

Mental disability claim disputed in alleged wrongful deportation . Click here for article.

Mentally Disabled American Deported To Mexico29-Year-Old Was Born In California The family of a mentally disabled man claims that the federal and local governments mistakenly had an American citizen deported and said U.S. officials should help find him in Mexico. Click here for article.

Disability claims related to obesity could rise. Click here for article.

MTA Questioned Over Accessibility For Disabled Riders.The City Council heard from the MTA and disabled riders Tuesday regarding handicapped access underground. Click here for article.

N.J. must OK schools out-of-state for disabled. Click here for article.

Supreme Court says wage rules don't apply to home healthcare workers. Click here for article.

Opening Statements in Case on Autism and Vaccinations. Click here for article.

Doctors 'must target disability inequality'. Doctors must lead the way in actively promoting disability equality in healthcare service provision, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said today. Click here for article.

A step toward the goal on stem cell research. The news on Thursday gave hope to anyone who has been continuing to trust that stem cells hold the keys to cures for many debilitating diseases and illnesses. Click here for article.

Kevorkian’s ghoulish circus
It was a disgusting sight to see Dr. Jack Kevorkian parading across the television screens of “60 Minutes” and “Larry King Live” in the past few days, ...Full Jack K story

Disabled Iraq veterans stay in the race.--Andy Hatcher ran his first marathon seven months before being deployed to Iraq in September 2004. Losing his right leg in combat three months later could have ended his running career, but Hatcher is still going strong. Click here for article.

Rape of disabled woman brings 25-year sentence. A former nursing aide who admitted raping and impregnating a profoundly disabled and defenseless woman at a Bloomingdale nursing home three years ago was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison. Click here for article.

CHINA: Disabled facing rough road. Poverty, unemployment and illiteracy continue to plague the country's disabled population, despite them enjoying improvements in healthcare and living conditions, a national survey has said. Click here for article.

Medical, disability costs may exceed war outlay. The cost of fighting the Iraq war has reached nearly $400 billion, and the Congressional Research Service of the U.S. Library of Congress estimates that the price tag goes up each week by another $2 billion. Click here for article.

Medicare Plans to Deny Coverage of Artificial Disks. Government regulators said yesterday that Medicare, the federal insurance program, planned to deny coverage for artificial disks implanted in the lower spines of older patients. Click here for article.

Rep. Stark Says Private Medicare Advantage Fee-for-Service Plans At 'Top' Of His List For Reductions In Medicare Reimbursements. Click here for article.

U.S. Supreme Court Parents don't need lawyers to sue over kids' educations Ruling cites rights under disability act Click here for article.

Disability advocates say administration not adhering to law. They say the state isn’t following a new law aimed at getting more elderly and disabled New Mexicans out of nursing homes and back into their communities. Click here for article.

In Qatara: Use ‘people with disability’ instead of ‘people with special needs’, says meet Click here for article.

Disabled or Too-Abled?Amputee Stirs Debate About What Makes an Athlete Click here for article

Athletics: Disabled runner makes case for competing in Olympics. He wants to be the first amputee runner to compete in the Olympics. And he is forcing international track officials to confront whether the technology of his prosthetics gives him an unfair advantage over sprinters using their natural legs. Click here for article.

Man's lawsuit breaks barriers in Riverside; Judge's order gives city four months to fix its curbs. Decision is hailed. In a victory for the disabled rights movement, a federal judge Wednesday ordered Riverside to pay a wheelchair-bound man $221,000 damages and to fix 189 curb ramps within four months. Click here for more.

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A Paper Trail Toward Chaos? Blessed with the wonderful title of the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007. Click here for more.

Many NYC Grocery Stores Ignore Disabled's Rights. Click here for more.

U.S. woman who coached her children to fake retardation for disability benefits gets jail time. Click here for article.

Prison for Man Who Faked Retardation. Click here or more.

Clearly, Frankly, Unabashedly Disabled. The public image of people with disabilities has often hinged on the heroic or the tragic. But Mr. Blue, 28, represents the broader portrait of disability now infusing television and film.Click here for article.

Howard Racer Suffers Legal Blow The 18-year-old Howard County wheelchair athlete who has waged a two-year fight for inclusion in high school track meets learned yesterday that she had been dealt her first significant legal setback. Click here for article.

Gallaudet: A Sense of Urgency at the Top School's New President Hasn't Been Waiting on Ceremony. Click here for more.

Blind pilot flies halfway round world. A blind British pilot landed his microlight aircraft in Sydney Monday to complete a record-breaking flight halfway around the world. Click here for article.

Hospital admits disabled girl's surgery broke law. Click here for article.

Report: 'Pillow angel' surgery broke law. Click here for article.

WPAS Finds Hospital That Performed "Ashley Treatment" Violated Law by Not Having Court Order. Click here for more.

LEGAL MATTERS: Social Security disability process. Still, about two out of every three SSDI claim applications are initially denied. Click here for article.

The World on Wheels- The Disability Lexicon. Click here for article.

Single mom overcomes learning disability to graduate cum laude. Click here for article.

Group Seeks Elimination Of Medicare Waiting Period For People With Disabilities. Click here for release.

To: The Temporarily Able-Bodied. Just about everyone who works pays taxes into the fund for federal disability benefits. But mercifully, relatively few people ever collect. To qualify, you must be unable to work, Click here for editorial.

Reversing Alzheimer's memory loss may be possible.-- Mental stimulation and drug treatment may help people with brain ailments such as Alzheimer's disease regain seemingly lost memories, according to research published on Sunday. Click here for article.

Bill to protect disabled now up to Spitzer. Michael and Lisa Carey are watching Albany these days as few do. They are waiting to see if the bill they pushed in memory of their autistic son, Jonathan, becomes law so that parents can better protect their disabled children. Click here for article.

AAPD Opposes Holt Election Reform Bill. AAPD opposes passage of H.R. 811 Voter Confidence and Increase Accessibility Act in its current form. This bill, as written, does not adhere to the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) requirement that voting systems be accessible to voters with disabilities "in a manner that provides the same opportunity for access and participation (including privacy and independence) as for other voters." Click here for more.

Disability terms 'put firms off'. Employers feel the politically correct language of disability can be a barrier to employing more disabled people, a survey suggests. Click here for article.

The Future Of Disability In America. More than 40 million Americans - one in seven - have physical, sensory, or motor impairments. At some point in their lives, the majority of Americans will experience a disability or have a family member who does. Click here for article.

Hawking: Weightlessness will be 'bliss'. --Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who has been confined to a wheelchair for most of his adult life, expects weightlessness to feel like "bliss" when he goes on a "zero-gravity" flight Thursday aboard a refitted jet. Click here for article.

Professor Stephen Hawking to Experience Weightlessness Aboard Zero-Gravity Flight.--Professor Stephen Hawking to Experience Weightlessness Aboard Zero-Gravity Flight Out of Kennedy Space Center on April 26, 2007. Click here for article.

Overweight Senior Citizens Increase Risk of Disability but Reduce Death Risk. Click here for article.

Disability: A Muslim perspective. What is the purpose of creation? It is an eternal question. Man cannot answer this question because it is beyond his capacity. But God the Creator answered the question. Click here for article.

Soldiers suffering from PTSD want state to extend disability payments--Click here for article.

Housing discrimination complaints hit record with disability, race as leading reasons.-- Click here for article.

Man calls for boycott of fencing company. At the heart of the controversy is the message on Hercules' sign: "What has four wheels and flies? A dead cripple in a wheelchair."..."There ought to be a consequence to hate," he said. Click here for article.

Justice Department Settles Allegations of Disability Discrimination Against Chapel Hill, North Carolina-Click here for article.

Disabled veterans file federal lawsuit against U. of Michigan.--A disabled veterans group filed a federal lawsuit against the university Tuesday, claiming wheelchair users are being denied equal access to the stadium. Click here for article.

Ask Bush to sign the UN Convention

History was made on March 30, 2007 at the signing ceremony for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, but the U.S. wasn't a part of it. Click here for article.

Fitness A Struggle For Disabled People. Click here for article.

Emphasis on managed care proves to be a sore spot with disability rights advocates. Click here for article.

Treatment For MS Also Reduces Vision Loss In MS Patients. Click here for article.

New vehicle improves access for people with a disability.Click here for article.

Stem Cells May Stop Type 1 Diabetes. After transplants of their own blood stem cells, 14 of 15 type 1 diabetes patients are insulin free for one to 36 months -- and counting. Click here for article.

High school student with disability gets perfect test score-Click here for article.

Adults with Developmental Disabilities: Bridging the gap between "them" and "us"-Ever see the poster asking you to "Please See Me - Not My Disability"? Click here for article.

More than 80% see society as unfriendly to disabled--More than 80 percent of the respondents to a government survey said there is discrimination against physically and mentally impaired people in Japan, the Cabinet Office said Saturday. Click here for article.

Medicare Drug Prices Would Save Taxpayers $30B Annually. Click here for article.

Army lawyer slams disability retirement system. Click here for article.

A disabled soldier's happy homecoming becomes a shattered life.--Blinded and disabled on the 54th day of the war in Iraq, Sam Ross returned home to a rousing parade that outdid anything this small, depressed Appalachian town had ever seen. That was then. Click here for article.

Healthcare access a problem for disabled-- U.S. adults with physical disabilities endure substandard primary healthcare, according to a Northwestern University physician. Click here for article.

Marking Time, Making Do--But Patrick Garbiras, a gaunt, shambling, 51-year-old homeless man, could only do what he has been doing ever since filing his claim for Social Security disability benefits 440 days earlier: seek shelter in slow motion. Click here for article.

Hearing implants subject of debate--"Can you fix my ears?" the 7-year-old asked his father, John, last winter. Click here for article.

Post-polio syndrome shows up--Click here for article.

Health Tip: Symptoms of Dyslexia. Click here for article.

Home Fund Allocations for Tenant-Based Rental Assistance. -Click here for more.

Berkeley honored as most accessible city for disabled.--$25,000 prize to be awarded today; Chicago named as runner-up. Click here for article.

Consumer Problems with Transition to Digital Television.--February 17, 2009 is the date when most TV stations will stop transmitting programs using analog spectrum and will have switched to digital spectrum. Click here for more.

An American Outrage Click here for article.

Fighting Over When Public Should Pay Private Tuition for Disabled.--But he says New York City should reimburse him for educating his son in a private school for children with learning disabilities, where the tuition is $37,900 a year. Click here for article.

Group training disabled veterans to use Segways--Click here for article.

INDEPENDENT LIVING: Improved services for disabled discussed--Ways to make public government meetings more accessible to handicapped individuals was among the goals discussed Tuesday morning during a legislative breakfast hosted by Independent Living of Niagara County. Click here for article.

Alzheimer's Hits 5.1 Million Americans. Cases Predicted to More Than Triple -- to 16 Million -- by 2050. Click here for article.

Woman uses disability to champion worker rights. --Tyler, 31, is a paraplegic, paralyzed in a car crash in 1997, just four days after she and Toddie R. Tyler exchanged wedding vows and started life as husband and wife. Click here for article.

FDA OKs drug to treat blood disorder. Click here for article.

Disabled couple need more available assistance.--My wife and I are both disabled, and the cost of living is increasing every day you buy something. Because we are married and she cannot work, she is not eligible for disability or S.S.I. Click here for article.

The National Park Service (NPS) is interested in knowing how to make its parks more accessible National Parks -- Comments on Access Needed by April 2. Click here for more.

The Human Rights Record in the United States in 2007 China's report on Human Rights Violations in America. Click here for article.

Disabled urged to form disaster plans.--Recent report indicates only 5 percent of states and 4 percent of cities have adequately addressed emergency planning for the elderly and the physically and mentally disabled. Click here for article.

Blind Auto Mechanic Feels His Way Around. (CBS) Just finding the latch to open the car's hood isn't easy — but then, 46-year old Larry Woody has to find the right wrench, CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports in this week's Assignment America. Click here for article.

Dole wants to cut delays in getting disability.--U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole said today that she has asked the commissioner of Social Security to put a stop to long delays for North Carolinians trying to get Social Security disability benefits. Click here for article.

Elderly, Disabled In Housing Tangle. Vulnerable Communities Compete For Dwindling Number Of Affordable Units. Click here for article.

Free legal services for disabled veterans.--HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Disabled veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq who have been denied benefits will be getting free legal help from members of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Click here for article.

TV writer Allen Rucker confronts disability with humor. Actor Martin Mull says, "Allen Rucker has taken his own condition and expanded it to encompass the human condition. At once hilarious, heart-warming, thought-provoking, the man in the chair is on a roll." Click here for article.

National Journal Article on Urgency of Election Reform. Click here for more.

New EEOC Publication on Employment of Health Care Workers with Disabilities. Click here for more.

Farming counts as work when receiving disability, SC rules. -- An injured worker receiving disability benefits must report farming income to the benefits bureaucracy, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled late yesterday. Click here for article.

Actress works past disability to success. To see Marlee Matlin only as a hearing-impaired actress who found success because of her disability is to see life through limitation instead of possibility. Click here for article.

Local woman warns of social security scam. --Fulton resident Ruby Beatty wants to help protect other Callaway County seniors from a telephone scam aimed at gaining access to their bank accounts. Click here for article.

Behind the veil of autism.(CNN) Last week, I met a remarkable woman. Amanda Baggs is 26, super-intelligent and witty. She lives in Burlington Vermont, on a beautiful lake and is very skilled at shooting and editing videos. In fact, it was one of her videos on YouTube that caught the attention of CNN. Click here for article.

‘Sharing’ is not what this administration is about. Harvard scholar Rashi Fein writes that Bush’s health-care proposal would fragment groups that currently share risk – very much in keeping with Bush’s other attempts to take apart many of the societal protections that were erected by earlier administrations and respected by presidents of both parties. Click here for article.

Raising the bar for mental health parity Conditions would be covered similarly to physical ailments. Click here for article.

Long-term Care: To Buy or Not to Buy? Click here for press release.

Tech Entrepreneur Helps Blind To Read. Bookshare Scans Books And Converts Them To Braille Or Audio For Immediate Access. Click here for article

Books For The Blind A socially conscious entrepreneur, Jim Fruchterman has developed an online library for the blind called Bookshare.org. Byron Pitts met up with this MacArthur genius award winner. Video

Now in Business: Handicapped Accessible Prison: State opens first prison for disabled. Click here for more.

From CBS News: Poll: 20% In U.S. Care For Aging Parents. (CBS) One in five Americans has had the responsibility of caring for an aging parent - by taking them into their homes or paying for their care - but many more are concerned about having to do so. Click here for article.

Baby Boomers Care For Parents As the population ages, baby boomers are finding themselves caring for elderly, often ailing, parents, a burden than can strain the emotions and the finances. Sandra Hughes reports. Click here for video.

Caught In A Caregiving Squeeze. Click here for article.

Largest Ever Autism Study Identifies Two Genetic Culprits. New regions of the genome can now be plumbed for possible causes and new therapies for the mysterious mental disorder. Click here for article.

From JFA: Supreme Court to Decide Mental Illness Severity Threshhold for Death Penalty. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court set April 18, 2007 as the date to hear arguments in the case of Panetti v. Quarterman. Click here for more.

Global survey: No country offers equal rights for disabled. UNITED NATIONS: A global survey of government action to assist the world's 650 million people with disabilities found that none of the responding countries have implemented all U.N. recommended measures to provide equal opportunities, its organizers said Friday. Click here for article.

Disabled Persons and Poverty. Click here for more.

Video: A unique way to deal with dementia. Click here for video.

Trading Places: Having is easier than not. Tom Brokaw parallels one Alabama family’s experience with his own -Granny's few words make her wishes clear. "I'd rather be at home," she says. Click here for article.

Trading Places: Time for a new chapter. Click here for article.

Caring for Dad, with help from some angels Tonight we begin a special series called "Trading Places." That title implies the following role reversal: It means all of us who now care for the same parents, who once cared for us. Click here for article.

For the Russerts, caring for Dad is a team effort Still independent, ‘Big Russ’ gets help from family, friends and neighbors Click here for article.

A generation caught between two others. Click here for article.

Disability-bias suit against Wal-Mart may proceed. Click here for article.

Fighting the cause of disability... Handicap International Pledges more support. Click here for article.

 Bush Health Tax Plan Would Hurt Old, Sick Without Slowing Cost Inflation, Analysts Say. Click here for article.

Keep Phone Taxes Low For People With Disabilities! In the effort to keep telephone costs affordable for persons with disabilities, the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) joined the "KeepUSFFair" coalition. Click here for article.

Disability Rights Bus Travels Across Nation--Advocates for Americans with disabilities plan to visit 80 cities this year. "The Road to Freedom" bus tour, which has already traveled an estimated 3,500 miles to 16 cities, is promoting awareness of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Click here for article.

Mentally Ill Inmate Dies Alone. The Death Of Timothy Souders Scott Pelley looks at the case of Timothy Souders. The inmate's death was recorded on camera while he was in solitary confinement and has instigated a look at the prison system's mental health care. Click here for article. Click here for video.

Models Defy Disabilities One group of Fashion Week models will glide across the runway in wheelchairs. Spinal cord-injured women are raising the profile of their disability with a fashion show. Michelle Miller reports. Click here for video

The inevitable disability Click here for more.

1 in 150 Children in U.S. Has Autism, New Survey Finds. Approximately one in every 150 children in the United States has autism or a closely related disorder -- a figure higher than most recent estimates -- according to a federal survey released yesterday, the most thorough ever conducted. Click here for article.

Autism-like disorder reversed in mice. Click here for article.

Solution Helps Keep Seniors At Home.
One Woman Finds A Way To Care For Low-Income Senior Citizens ... And Save Money, TooA nursing home in Florida costs $48,000 per person, every year. Bretos' assisted living costs $18,000, including housing. That's a yearly savings of $30,000 for every senior. Click here for article.

President's Budget Reveals Broken Promises and Wrong Priorities. Statement of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities on the President's FY08 Budget Proposal . Click here for more.

Bush's FY 2008 Budget Proposal Calls for Reducing Growth in Medicare and Medicaid. Click here for more.

Opinion: Disabled workers entitled to same pay as everyone else Arizona's developmentally disabled workers are entitled to receive the state's new voter-approved minimum wage of $6.75 an hour, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said in an opinion Wednesday. Click here for article.

MFP: Grant gives seniors, disabled more care options. Many don't wish to be in nursing facilities, and now some of those elderly and disabled South Carolinians will have the option of returning home. Click here for article.

Disabled residents have law on their side. But they say the management of the building, Mediterranean Towers South, was so unhelpful they were forced to complain to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which ultimately accused the co-op of violating the Fair Housing Act. Click here for article.

Suit: DHHS failed to provide Medicaid disability benefits.Three New Hampshire residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen in federal court, saying his department failed to make timely decisions to provide them Medicaid disability benefits. Click here for article.

Web site connects people who need money with lenders But instead of going to a bank, they’re asking total strangers for money. On the Internet. Click here for article.

The Older Americans Act: Consumer Choice and Control over Long Term Care Click here for article.

Experts Divided Over President Bush's Health Care Proposals Click here for article.

Disability drama breaks new ground A 10-part series about a wheelchair basketball team - with disabled actors playing all of the disabled characters - starts on CBBC on Wednesday. Click here for article.

Need help getting off disability and going back to work?Many people collecting disability would like to go back to work rather than remain idle. But they don't want to lose their Social Security benefits in the process. Yesterday, they had a chance to attend a workshop at the Northern Regional Center for Independent Living in Lewis County. Click here for article.

Medicare, Medicaid bilked for $500M The U.S. government has joined a lawsuit alleging drug maker Roxane helped overcharge Medicare and Medicaid by about $500 million. Click here for article.

Daunted by the Subway? Try It in a Wheelchair Let's be more precise. It would be a seven-block walk if Mr. Harris could in fact walk it. But dystonia, a neurological disorder that he has endured since childhood, forces him to use a motorized wheelchair. And the station, Avenue U on the Q line, does him no good, inaccessible as it is for him in his chair. Click here for more.

Brain ManOne Man's Gift May Be The Key To Better Understanding The Brain--CBS) Twenty-four years ago, 60 Minutes introduced viewers to George Finn, whose talent was immortalized in the movie "Rainman." George has a condition known as savant syndrome, a mysterious disorder of the brain where someone has a spectacular skill, even genius, in a mind that is otherwise extremely limited. Click here for article.

Disability rules to affect foreign cruises. A proposed set of regulations based on the Americans with Disabilities Act would affect all U.S. cruise ships and all foreign cruise ships at U.S. docks. Click here for article.

The disabled can ride scooters on roads.Legislation allowing disabled people to ride motorized scooters on public roads has been signed into law by Gov. Corzine. The measures were inspired by a 15-year-old with muscular dystrophy who was stopped by police while riding an electric scooter in 2005. Click here for article.

Brain's Resilience May Prevent Burnout Technology Is Contributing To Chronic Stress, And That's Hurting Our Bodies. Click here for article.

Technology May Give Blind A Touch Of Sight.(CBS) At first glance, Roger Behm looks like an independent guy who sees the world with a rather sharp sense of humor. But he's actually seen nothing since he was a young man. Click here for article.

CBS News and TIME Series: Boosting Brain Power May Be Steps Away. Study Finds That Six Months Of Walking Increased Participants' Memory And Attention Span. Click here for article.

Hawking warns: We must recognise the catastrophic dangers of climate change Click here for article.

Judge rules paper money unfair to blind. Click here for more.

Federal judge orders US currency change to help the blind. Click here for article.

Do You Have ICE?

The ICE Movement Started In London. If you're injured in an emergency, perhaps knocked unconscious, who can provide personal health information to the paramedics trying to save your life? The answer could be in your cell phone--as part of a new program called “ICE”. Click here for article.

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