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N.M. vets bash Bush's record on benefits Launching their campaign in Albuquerque's Bataan Memorial Park, New Mexico Veterans for John Kerry attacked President Bush's record on veterans benefits. Click here for article.

Kerry Campaigns for Veterans' Vote. Click here for article.

Organizers release accessibility guide for disabled delegates. Click here for article.

D-Day Trip May Help Bush in Polls, But Poses Risks: "This president is on the ropes," said pollster John Zogby. "The trip is a risky gambit because I don't think he's going to come home with much" in foreign policy accomplishments. Click here for article.

Jobs Loss May Affect Who Wins The Vote.Click here for article.

Kerry Outlines Way to Limit Nuke Threat. Click here for article.

Bush Pushes Faith-Based Aid Initiative. Click here for article.

Bill Clinton: Kerry Runs Smart Campaign. Click here for article.

Kerry Vows to 'Destroy the Terrorists' . Click here for more.

Kerry Targets Hispanics, Blacks With Ads. Click here for article.

Gore Calls for Rumsfeld to Resign Over Iraq Failures. Former US vice president Al Gore denounces the policies of the administration US President George W. Bush at New York University. Gore called for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama) Click here for more.

Presidential Election National Polls. Click here.

Kerry says he will accept Democratic nod in JulyClick here for article.

Swing vote flees Bush in California Poll finds Kerry leading even with Nader in race. Click here for article.

Kerry Considers Delaying Nomination: BOSTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry may delay accepting his party's nomination to gain time to raise and spend private contributions and lessen President Bush 's multimillion-dollar financial advantage, campaign officials said Friday. Click here for article.

Bush Campaign Spending Hits $126 Million. Click here for article.

Bush, Kerry Set Campaign Fund-Raising Records. Click here for article.

Kerry Calls on Bush to Save Jobs in Ohio. Click herefor article.

Bush, Kerry Mark Brown 50th Anniversary. Click here for article.

The latest polls show he's the frontrunner in the presidential election....Click here for more.

Kerry Earns Nearly $90G in Book Royalties. Click here for article.

Abuse Scandal Focuses on Bush Foundation. Click here for article.

Kerry Shifts Campaign Focus from Iraq to Economy. Click here for article.

Bush, Kerry spar over war as polls show Iraq unrest denting Bush. Click here for article.

Kerry Bashes Bush on Health Care Costs. Click here for article.

"DNC Welcomes Platform Input." Click here for more.

Poll Finds Kerry's Image Took Beating. Click here for article.

Bremer Takes Back Statements About Bush BAGHDAD, Iraq - L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, said Sunday he regrets a statement he made more than six months before the Sept. 11 attacks that the Bush administration was "paying no attention" to terrorism. Click here for article.

In rebuttal to Cheney speech, Kerry links Bush to Iraq setbacks. Click here for article.

Bush's approval rating at all-time low. NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush's approval rating is at an all-time low and fewer than half of Americans now believe invading Iraq was the right thing to do, according to a CBS/New York Times poll. Click here for article.

Kerry's Church Known for Liberal Stances. Click here for article.

Polls show Kerry ahead on electoral vote: The Hotline's study of reputable statewide polls conducted since January 1, 2004, has Kerry holding an overall lead in 13 states containing 204 electoral votes. President George W. Bush is currently leading in 16 states and has a total of 174 electoral votes out of the 270 necessary for election. Click here for more.

Comedians on the political campaign. Click here for article.

Kerry Campaign Provides Military Records; Conservatives, talk radio and some newspapers editorials have questioned whether Kerry was deserving of the three Purple Hearts. Click here for article.

Focus on War, Terror Lifts Bush in Polls The ABC-Washington Post and CNN-USA Today-Gallup polls, both released Monday, showed Bush with a slight lead over Kerry in a three-way matchup with independent Ralph Nader. Click here for article.

Kerry Attacks Bush on Foreign Policy Democrat John Kerry on Sunday accused President Bush of being "stunningly ineffective" at foreign policy and stuck by his argument that the war against terrorism isn't primarily a military struggle. Click here for article.

President Is Long On Resolve but Short on Details. Bush steadfastly refused to admit mistakes and passed up opportunities to explain what it will take to achieve his goal of a free and stable Iraq. Click here for article.

Poll: Balanced Budget Beats Tax Cuts. WASHINGTON - By almost a 2-1 margin, Americans prefer balancing the nation's budget to cutting taxes, according to an Associated Press poll, even though many believe their overall tax burden has risen despite tax cuts over the past three years.Click here for article.

Kerry Leads Bush 50% to 43% in Poll, Newsweek SaysApril 10 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic challenger John Kerry led President George W. Bush by the widest margin yet in a Newsweek magazine poll, and a majority in the U.S. said Bush underestimated terrorist threats before Sept. 11, 2001. Click here for article.

AP Poll: Bush, Kerry Still in Close FightWASHINGTON - President Bush has spent about $40 million in campaign ads in recent weeks aimed at defeating Democrat John Kerry , but the president has problems of his own: growing doubts about Iraq and worries about the economy. The two remain locked in a very close presidential race, an Associated Press poll found. Bush was backed by 45 percent of voters and Kerry by 44 percent in the poll conducted for the AP by Ipsos-Public Affairs. Click here for article.

Kerry: Iraq a Great Failure of Judgment: "one of the greatest failures of diplomacy and failures of judgment that I have seen in all the time that I've been in public life." Click here for article.

Treasury Looks Into Kerry Tax Analysis. Click here for article.

Poll finds Bush is losing support across California. Click here for article.

Kerry leads among Hispanic voters:The Miami Herald poll shows the presumptive Democratic nominee with 58 percent of the Hispanic vote and Bush with 33 percent. Click here for article.

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New Jobs Surge 308,000, Unemployment Up....Even so, the unemployment rate inched up a tenth of a point to 5.7 percent as more people were encouraged to start looking for work again but failed to find jobs. Click here for more.

Liberal Leaders Urge Nader to Abandon Bid ;WASHINGTON - Prominent liberals are pleading with third-party candidate Ralph Nader to abandon his "quixotic and destructive" presidential bid, warning that his presence in the race could ensure the re-election of President Bush . Click here for article.

9/11 Widows Skillfully Applied the Power of a Question: Why?

From right, Kristen Breitweiser, Mindy Kleinberg, Lorie Van Auken and Patty Casazza, who have dogged the Sept. 11 inquiry. "We simply wanted to know why our husbands were killed," Ms. Breitweiser said. Click here for article.

Kerry, Candidate and Catholic, Creates Uneasiness for Church Senator John Kerry's support for abortion rights and stem cell research has prompted discussions among Roman Catholic bishops and Vatican officials over how to respond to a presidential candidate who professes Catholicism while taking stands contrary to church teaching. Click here for article. (NYTimes.com)

Franken launches liberals' Air America Radio. Click here for article.

Jobless Rates Rise in Key Election States

WASHINGTON - Unemployment rates increased in nine of the 17 battleground states that could decide the 2004 presidential election, with Missouri and Arkansas showing the biggest increases last month, the Labor Department (news - web sites) said Wednesday. Click here for article.

Kerry Gets Surgery on Right Shoulder. Click here for article.

Bush to Let Rice Testify Under Oath. Click here for article.

Al Franken vs. Rush Limbaugh

NEXT WEEK, Air America Radio debuts its around-the-clock radio station of the left. Al Franken will play the marquee role, filling the noon-to-3:00 p.m. slot. Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead will run the morning program with Public Enemy rapper Chuck D. And comedienne Janeane Garofalo will be punching the clock at 8:00 p.m. Opening Day is March 31. Which raises a good question: Why don't they just wait... Click here for article.

9/11 Panel Provokes a Discussion the White House Hoped to Avoid

The director of central intelligence, George J. Tenet, who briefed Mr. Bush on threats almost daily, "was around town literally pounding on desks saying that something is happening, this is an unprecedented level of threat information," said Richard Armitage, the deputy secretary of state, who was quoted in a Congressional report last year. Click here for article.

Kerry Reveals Plan to Keep Jobs in U.S. Click here for article.

Bush Touts High-Speed Internet Access Plan. Click here for article.

Kerry Dinner Courts Clinton, Carter, Gore. Click here article.

Kerry, with Dean, Says He Will Restore Trust. Click here for article.

Bush Concerned About High Gas Prices. Click here for article.

Gas Prices Taking Priority in Campaign: It's the presidential campaign season, gasoline prices are climbing, and the challenger is demanding that the president get more oil on the market and stop foreign suppliers from "holding our nation and our consumers hostage." Click here for article.

Iraq war based on lies, says Jimmy Carter. Click here for article.

Ad Says Kerry Strong on Defense, Economy. Click here for article.

"I would prefer to put it this way: I believe that John Kerry is a good man, who served his country honorably, and has the best interests of the country at heart. But he and President Bush, and he and I, differ greatly on how best to protect this country. And those differences are what campaigns are all about." Click here article.

Real Credibility and Guts.

Long overdue words from someone in the U.S. Government ..to "the loved ones of the victims of 9-11. ... Your government failed you. Those entrusted with protecting you failed you and I failed you." Richard Clarke.

Slate tells you what Richard Clarke's book reveals about the Bush and Clinton administrations' war on terror.

Richard Clarke shakes hands with family members of Sept. 11 victims after he finished the federal panel reviewing the Sept. 11 attacks, Wednesday, March 24, 2004, in Washington. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

Clarke is the second former high-ranking administration official to say the Bush team was determined to attack Iraq. Click here for article.

Allies' opinions of U.S. worsening, Pew poll finds. WASHINGTON - A year after the start of the Iraq war, mistrust of the United States abroad has intensified, and ill will toward America has begun to erode support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism, according to a global attitude survey released TuesdayClick here for article.

Poll finds widespread discontent with U.S. WASHINGTON — A year after the Iraq war, anti-American views have hardened in Europe and in Muslim countries, where lopsided majorities oppose President Bush and are suspicious of U.S. motives, according to a new nine-country opinion poll. Click here for article.

Bush-Kerry tied, but poll not all positive:

The poll news was not all good for Bush, however. Some 54 percent of respondents said the country was headed in the wrong direction, the highest such figure for the CBS-New York Times poll during Bush's presidency. Click here for article.

John F. Kerry: The Man Who Should Win

The Democratic Party has nominated Massachusetts Senator John Forbes Kerry for the presidency. The Americans who think it's time that 'the Bush administration comes to an end' were rather quick to decide that Kerry was the man to face the incumbent president. Let's hope that this is a sound decision. In our globalizing world, the man who will lead the only superpower concerns all of us. Click here for article.

Edge to Kerry, But Miles to Go

Beneath the divisions, though, are serious challenges for Bush. Fifty-seven percent of Americans say it's time for a "new direction" in the nation's leadership, fewer than at this point in his father's presidency but a majority nonetheless. Anger with his administration has risen, and now exceeds enthusiasm. His personal popularity more closely resembles a re-election loser's (his father's) than a winner's (Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan's). Click here for article.

Analyzating" Bush's Grey Matter: Ever wonder why President Bush (news - web sites) says "nuculer" when he means "nuclear" or "subliminate" when he means "subliminal?" Or why he mixes up perseverance and preservation? Why does he mangle the English language often enough for Slate Editor Jacob Weisberg to produce three books of Bushisms such as "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." Click here for article.

Democrats forming parallel campaign: Interest groups draw Republican criticism. Click here for article.

Kerry Easily Wins Fla., Miss. Primaries. Exit polls of voters showed that Kerry would win more than three-quarters of the vote in Florida and Mississippi. Click here for article.

The shift came after presumed Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry accused Bush of stonewalling investigations of the terrorist attacks and U.S. intelligence failures. Click here for article.

Kerry gets poll boost over Bush as election campaign toughens. Click here for article.

Kerry leads Bush in new poll. Click here for article.

AP Poll Finds Bush, Kerry Tied in Race. Click here for article.

AP Poll: Abroad, many hold negative view of Bush role in world affairs A majority of people in Canada, Mexico and five European countries have an unfavorable view of the role that President Bush plays in world affairs, Associated Press polls found. Click here for article.

Bush, Kerry Open Battle for White House. Click here for article.

John Edwards, Smiling Through to the End. Click here for article.

Kerry Cements Nomination; Edwards Out. Click here for article.

Bush Sees 'Spirited' Race Against Kerry. Click here for article.

Black Voters Align With Democrats Against Bush. Click here for article.

The New York Times endorsed the 60-year-old Vietnam war veteran, saying Kerry "exudes maturity and depth."Click here for article.

Kerry Proposes Legislation to Aid Workers. Click here for rticle.

BUSH ON KERRY: WASHINGTON - President Bush , fully engaged in election-year politics, portrayed Democratic front-runner John Kerry (news - web sites) as a waffler and sought to energize his conservative Republican base by embracing the notion of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Click here for article.

KERRY ON BUSH: Democratic front-runner John Kerry fired back at President Bush on Tuesday, depicting him as a "walking contradiction" who has presided over job losses, a deficit increase and frayed international alliances despite promises to the contrary. Click here for article.

Kerry, Edwards target Super Tuesday states. Click here for article.

Bush Accuses Kerry of Waffling on Issues. Click here for article.

MIAMI - Democrats are fuming mad, but Ralph Nader still enjoys some loyal support in Florida - enough to make President Bush's opponents nervous that the consumer advocate could win votes and once again tilt the election to Bush in a key swing state. Click here for article.

Nader Announces He'll Run for President. ....But in Florida and New Hampshire, Bush won such narrow victories that had Gore received the bulk of Nader's votes in either state, the Democrat would have won the general election. Click here for article.

No mas!

Dean Ends Campaign, Vows to Back Nominee. Click here for article.

Bush Backs Off Forecast of 2.6M New Jobs . Click here for article.

Edwards' Campaign Shifts to Kerry, Bush. Click here for article.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) would lose to either of the two leading Democratic presidential contenders,
if elections were held today, according to a new public.Click here for article.

Bush/Republican Party Record on Disability Issues. Click here for more.

"Becky Ogle Responds to Claims About Bush/GOP" Click here for message.

DeStefano Responds to Ogle. Click here for more.

MANCHESTER, N.H. - John Kerry said his New Hampshire victory shows he has the determination to go the distance and defeat President Bush. Click here for article.

NBC News: Kerry wins Iowa caucuses

John Kerry's Disability Platform. Click here for more.

"Freedom, Independence, and Choices for Americans with Disabilities John Kerrys Policy Platform and Vision for America. Click here for more in text.

Kerry's Vison for America. Click here for details.pdf file.

Bush Sets Re-Election Themes in Speech. Click here for State of the Union

The latest on the Candidates from ABCNEWS. Click here

"Coelho Speech on Disability & the 2004 Election" Click here for speech.

On Friday, Tony Coelho -- former U.S. Congressman, original House sponsor of the ADA, current AAPD Board Member -- delivered a powerful address to the New York Law School. In the speech, provided in full below, Coelho challenged all ten presidential candidates to develop a solid, meaningful, more-than-rhetoric agenda to reach the original goals of the ADA and improve working opportunities for Americans with disabilities.

John Kerry Opts Out of Public Financing. Click here for article.

Senator John Kerry

"John Kerry on ADAPT March" Click here for message.

Ohio's Kucinich to Run for White House. Click here for article.

Dennis Kucinich

"How many Americans must lose their jobs before Bush loses his?"--
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Wheel Power From Malaysia

By ANTHONY THANASAYAN

Giving the disabled a hand. Click here for more.

CHRISTIANS the world over are commemorating Holy Week all this week. The solemn seven-day religious occasion culminates in Easter this Sunday where the event - much bigger than Christmas - is the bedrock of Christian belief; that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day after he was crucified on Good Friday, which falls tomorrow. Click here for article.

Banners over bandwidth. Click here for more.

AS WOMEN everywhere look forward to International Women's Day (IWD) this Monday, disability activists worldwide are hoping that this year's IWD will also throw focus on the world's disabled women who face double discrimination compared to their male counterparts. Click here for article.

Schiavo is not better off dead than disabled. Click here for article.

A solution to high cost of Medicaid. Click here for articles.

A look ahead to independent living needs. Click here for more.

Allan Appel: Type I diabetes must be taken seriously. Click here for article.

Allan Appel: ADA complaints should be mediated. Click here for column

Allan Appel: Disability history comes alive in museum

The Disability History Museum chronicles stories of people with disabilities. By doing so, it both fosters understanding and seeks to dispel popular assumptions and stereotypes about disability. Click here for article.

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Disabilities and Dollars

From Ragged Edge Online: The origins of independent living
By David Pfeiffer

The independent living movement did not originate with Ed Roberts. Before his death, Ed expressed that thought to me himself. Still, Ed contributed an idea which made the independent living movement thrive -- and made it unique. Click here for article.

Columnist with Disabilities; More to come.

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DISABILITY NEWS ONLINE

Toby, a 10-year-old capuchin monkey, places a mouth stick used by paralyzed people to push buttons or manipulate items between the teeth of her trainer Alison Payne, as she trains in the tasks that monkeys provide for the disabled at the 'Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled' organization's 'monkey college' facility in the Brighton section of Boston in this photograph taken May 7, 2004. The organization, which has already trained more than 93 monkeys to live with and assist severely disabled or paralyzed people, hopes to enroll hundreds of new student monkeys in its 2-3 year 'monkey college' training program. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/FEATURE/LIFE-MONKEYS. For more click here.

Rep. James Langevin Honored By Disability Group

Congressman James Langevin is being honored by a national cerebral palsy organization for his work on disability issues. Click here for article.

Cutting the spokes of the wheelchair , By Mike Ervin

If you're wondering where President Bush plans to find the money to pay for the war and tax cuts, take a look at his latest budget proposal. Millions of those dollars are coming out of social programs important to people with disabilities. Click here for rticle.

Former Sen. Bob Doyle, right, visits with residents of Westminister Oaks Retirement Village, Tuesday, March 30, 2004, in Tallahassee, Fla. Doyle is on his nationwide speaking tour promoting the benefits of the new Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits for seniors and people living with disabilities. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Jan & Dean member sang 'Deadman's Curve,' other surf music

LOS ANGELES - Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan & Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits "Deadman's Curve" and "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena," has died. He was 62. Click here for article.

Disability needn't be liability. Click here for article.

Rachael Scdoris, a legally blind sled dog musher from Bend, has earned the right to fulfill her dream of competing in the 2005 Alaskan Iditarod by placing sixth in the 400-mile John Beargrease Marathon Race. Click here for article.

NOME, Alaska -- Mitch Seavey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in nine days, 12 hours, 20 minutes and 22 seconds on Tuesday night, his 11th run on the 1,100-mile route from Anchorage to Nome. Clickhere for article.

WORLD-WIDE PROTESTS;

NEW YORK - Hundreds of thousands of people around the world rallied against the U.S. presence in Iraq on the first anniversary of the war Saturday, in protests that retained the anger, if not the size, of demonstrations held before the invasion began. Click here for article.

GABBY: The Girl Who Feels No Pain. Click here for article.

Disney's Segway Ban Upsets Some Disabled

Meredy Jenkins, a graphic designer, uses her Segway HT to get around her neighborhood in Orlando, Fla. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004. Jenkins, who has multiple sclerosis, is one of several people with walking problems who are upset that Walt Disney World won't let the Segways into its parks. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove) . Click here for more.

Dejected teen saves the day....Justin, who has Tourette's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorde

By leaving, he was jeopardizing a spot on the football team. The man he saved is grateful he did. Click here for article.

Rally : Members of the Bangladeshi organisation Action on Disability and Development(ADD) form a human chain during a demonstration in Dhaka. (AFP/Farjana Godhuly)

Globalizing Internet Brings Unexpected Problems. Click here for article.

Talks Seek Global Internet Ground Rules. Click here for article.

Disability Fakers Caught In Act? Click here for article.

PC eye-control for severely disabled. Click here for article.

They Lose.

Key Parts of Campaign Finance Law Upheld. Click here for article.

Friends and foes of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform made their case before the Supreme Court Monday, some claiming the electoral process itself was at stake.

Kenneth Starr to lead legal team challenging campaign finance legislation.

Listening : A physically challenged Bangladeshi boy holds his crutches as he listens to a speech by a government Minister during the inauguration ceremony of International Disability Day in Dhaka. (AFP/Farjana Godhuly)

2 Bills Would Benefit Top Bush Fundraisers. Click here for article.

Lisa Barron of Loudonville, N.Y., cuts her AARP prescription drug card during a rally in Albany, N.Y.,

AARP members protest Medicare prescription drug bill. "We are through with AARP. I'd rather burn it up!" Click here for article.

Disability checks misrouted

Up to a million Supplemental Security Income (SSI) checks could have been mailed out with inaccurate ZIP codes this month, although Social Security administration officials said the number was likely much smaller. Click here for article.

Nevada Assembly panel votes to erase state's lawsuit immunity. Click here for article.

RIGHTS OF DISABLED ARE IN JEOPARDY

RECENT RULINGS by the US Supreme Court have recognized the constitutional rights of gay Americans and upheld the use of affirmative action to open doors of opportunity for minorities. Earlier this year, the court also rejected the mantra of "states' rights" and instead reinforced the rights that working parents enjoy under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Sadly, however, for people with disabilities, the nation's courts have offered a much chillier reception. Click here for Op-Ed.

"Pretending That Nothing's Wrong" by Frank G. Bowe

The disability rights movement faces a challenge, right now. It needs to put a stake in the ground, proclaiming that things are NOT just fine, thank you. Click here for message*.

"During five days of hearings on Hinckley's request, psychiatrists testifying for Hinckley, the government and the hospital said his mental health had improved to the point where he would not be a threat to himself or others if he were to leave the hospital for visits with his parents." Click here for article.

The New Eugenics

LONDON -- One of the most profound and layered questions raised by recent genetic advances is this: Do we as a species still want babies born with genetic disabilities? Click here for article.

Given that Shoshana Johnson was actually shot in combat alongside Jessica Lynch, who wasn’t, that she was held for nearly two weeks after Lynch was rescued and has a child to support, Johnson’s actually seems a superior argument for greater compensation than Lynch’s, and should be reevaluated before an unfortunate, if unintentional, moral mistake is made. Click here for more.

Becky Ogle (R), board member of the National Coalition for Disability Rights, wearing stickers that say 'Up All Night For Justice,' looks on as Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), (L) speaks at a press conference in the Lyndon Johnson room just off the senate floor November 14, 2003. Daschle and other Democratic senators were speaking on their blockage of a vote on several conservative judicial nominees following an historic 40-hour Republican filibuster. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Garrett v UAB: The Epilogue

The 11th U.S. Court of Appeals said UAB is not exempt from lawsuits under the federal law protecting workers with disabilities, because the school waived its immunity from such lawsuits by accepting federal grants...After the Supreme Court ruling, the case was sent back to U.S. District Judge William Acker to consider whether state agencies lose immunity when they accept federal funds. Acker ruled against Garrett, and it was that decision that was reversed by the appeals court Thursday.Click here for article.

Rachael Scdoris, 18, of Redmond, Ore., shown Friday, Sept. 19, 2003, in Anchorage, Alaska, testified before the Iditarod Trail Committee during a meeting to consider the legally blind teenager's request for special accommodations so she would be able run the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2004. The blind musher will be allowed to compete race after directors approved a compromise plan Friday that will accommodate her disability. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

Japan ready to market "robot suit".

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese companies are preparing for the commercial launch of a "robot suit" that helps aged or physically disabled people walk, get up the stairs or seat themselves to relax without a chair. Click here for article.

Keegan Reilly, a student at Oregon State University in Corvallis from Soldotna, Ak., jubilates upon conquering the 3,776-meter (12,385-foot) peak of Mount Fuji by pushing up his custom-made mountain bike by arms Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003. Reilly, who lost the use of his legs in a car accident as a teenager, reached the peak after a four-day climb, the first successful climb of its kind. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

TOKYO - An American mountaineer who lost the use of his legs in a car accident seven years ago resumed his slow but steady ascent of Mount Fuji on Tuesday after his attempt to climb Japan's highest mountain nearly ended on its first day. Click here for article.

In her first TV interview, broadcast on Tuesday, she criticised the Pentagon's handling of her rescue as propaganda.

'I'm no hero,' says Jessica Lynch. Click here for more.

After the parade, Lynch returned to a home that has been renovated by the community to make it handicapped-accessible, adding ramps, a bathroom and a new first-floor bedroom. Click here for article.

Anne Kinkella rides Metro to work with her Segway, accompanied by Metro Transit Police Officer James Fistner. (Photos James A. Parcell -- The Washington Post) Disabled Woman on a Segway Challenges System's Rules on Access. Click here for article.

Scientists Wonder if Einstein, Newton Were Autistic. Click here for article.

Justices to Hear Case on Whether the Disabled Can Sue States on Access to Courtrooms. Click here for more

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it would decide whether states can be sued for failing to install wheelchair ramps or other accommodations for the disabled in the case of a paraplegic man who crawled two flights of steps to reach a hearing in a courthouse that lacked an elevator. Click here for article.

Affirmative Action Upheld by Split Court

WASHINGTON (AFP) - In a major ruling with wide-ranging implications for homosexual and privacy rights, the US Supreme Court declared that states cannot ban sodomy between consenting adults. Click here for article.

WASHINGTON - In its most significant statement about race in a generation, a divided Supreme Court allowed the nation's colleges and universities to select students based in part on race, ruling Monday that diverse classrooms mold good citizens and strong leaders. Click here for article.

Gary Knight and his mother, Joann Hall, talk to a reporter Sunday, June 1, 2003, in Sweet Springs, Mo. Knight, 48, has cerebral palsy and has driven a golf cart around the small town for six years. Last April, on one of his first excursions of the spring, Knight says the small town's police chief told him to 'go home.' He's been reluctant to use the cart since then. Hall has filed a federal complaint on Knight's behalf under the Americans with Disabilities Act. (AP Photo/Kelley McCall.)

Bush Pushes Plan to Curb Medicare Appeals. Click here for article.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Television public service announcements were released today warning that the independence and quality of life of disabled Americans is being threatened by a work shortage of private direct support professionals. Click here for article.

The Social Security Administration is accelerating its electronic disability system and plans to put it into production in January 2004 — rather than 2008 — as the agency faces a steady increase of disability claim filings. Click here for article.

Not all happy with change in disability pay

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are working to change a law that causes military retirees to lose a dollar of retirement pay for every dollar they receive in disability compensation, but the solution has angered some veterans. Click here for more

Veterans vs Bush and Republicans

Washington - Bowing to pressure, congressional Republican leaders agreed yesterday to spend $22 billion over the next decade to allow more veterans to receive both disability benefits and full military retirement, according to GOP officials. Click here for article.

GOP Joins Dems, Vets Against Bush Benefit Cuts

WASHINGTON - Senior Republicans on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee have joined Democrats and veterans groups in a chorus of protest against proposals being considered by the Bush administration to shrink the number of military personnel who qualify for disability benefits. Click here for article.

Poverty Tied to Disability Among Black Children. Click here for article.

Disabling chronic health conditions are more prevalent and have risen at a faster rate in black children than in whites nationwide, a disparity largely explained by poverty, a study suggests. Click here for article.

A new drug for peanut allergies is bringing new hope to young children who suffer bad reactions. Click here for article.

(AP) A veteran who lost his legs to a mortar round in Vietnam finished the Los Angeles Marathon a week after he began, to the cheers of supporters
and passers-by. Click here for story.

The California Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for disabled workers to sue their employers for discrimination in a decision that will affect hundreds of pending lawsuits in California. Click here for article.

Actor Tom Cruise , shown in this Sept. 24, 2002, file photo in Paris, said he learned to overcome his learning disability through Scientology. When I was about 7, I had been labeled dyslexic, he told People magazine for its July 21 issue. Id try to concentrate on what I was reading, then Id get to the end of the page and have very little memory of anything Id read. I would go blank, feel anxious, nervous, bored, frustrated, dumb. (AP Photo/Francois Mori,file)

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed suit against Monsanto Co. for discriminating against a worker based on his disability.
Click here for article.

FIGHTING BUDGET CUTS:

Resist funding reductions for independent living program. Click here for article.

Activists: Health cuts decimate safety net. Click here for article.

On disability, many jobless are disguised as employed. Click here for article.

Managing time with severe disability. Click here for article.

Scientists have discovered how the brain perceives color in a finding that could one day help people who have lost their sight. Click here for article.

(CBS) Americans who get discount drugs through Canadian pharmacies via the Internet may be about to lose their good deal, reports CBS News Correspondent Cynthia Bowers. Click here for article.

Judge Kills Discount Pharmacy Card Idea. Click here for more.

Prescription drugmakers on Wednesday went before the US Supreme Court asking it to permanently bar a Maine plan that would force them to discount their products for all residents in the state or face restrictions on sales to its Medicaid program. Click here for article.

CNN MONEY:

The U.S. unemployment rate would be substantially bigger if not for a 60 percent surge in the number of Americans drawing disability benefits since 1984, according to recent research by economists at MIT and the University of Chicago. Click here for article.

The bill would extend protection from hate crimes to victims targeted because of their gender, disability and sexual orientation. The law already makes it a crime to intimidate or harass someone based on race, religion, color, creed or national origin. Click here for article.

Travelers With Disabilities Could Spend $27 Billion Per Year, Says New Harris Interactive Poll. Click here for more.

Stamp Set to Honor Special Olympics. Click here for article.

Pennsylvania Gov. Schweiker Administration Announces $1.5 Million to Improve Home Accessibility For Pennsylvanians With Disabilities.
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'Best Time of all Times...to Push Disability Initiatives Forward,' Says Director of New DHHS Office on Disability in AAMR Interview. Click here for more.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would define when employer-sponsored disability plans must defer to a patient's physician on whether benefits should be extended. Click here for article.

The Shape of things to come with State's running deficits:

In Oregon: Hundreds Lose Disability Assistance Checks. Click here for article.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) One in five Rhode Islanders is considered disabled, a rate that's the highest in New England, according to a new analysis of 2000 census data by Brown University researchers. Click here for article.

W3C finalises disability guidelines. Click here for article.

Dealing With Disabilities - semantics are important in disability lingo...Click here for article.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians who require technology to independently access telecommunications services will be eligible for free devices with the recent passage of a bill sponsored by state Rep. Merle Phillips....Click here for article.

Artist's work is a victory over disability. Click here for article.

Paraplegic views disability as source of his salvation. Click here for article.

Disability, job income aren't quite enough for Salina family. Click here for article.

Not a Place to Leave a Relative. Click here for article.

A federal appeals court today overturned Federal Communications Commission rules that would require broadcasters to adopt technology that would allow blind people to follow the action on television by listening to a narrator describe the physical movements. Click here for article.

High Court Ruling Gives HMO Patients More Choices. Click here for article.

The Supreme Court canceled arguments Friday in a case that jeopardized disabled Americans' rights to sue states over accommodations like inadequate public transportation. Click here for article.

The U.S. Supreme Court asked the federal government on Monday for its views on whether cities must make all existing public sidewalks accessible to disabled Americans under a federal anti-discrimination law. Click here for article.

US Supreme Court to Hear Ex-Addict Disability Case. Click here for article.

Social Security Announces New Initiatives to Promote Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities. Click here for more.

Communicating can be a challenge for people with disabilities of all kinds. Serving the needs of those customers is the mission of Verizon's Center for Customers with Disabilities, a pioneering facility, now a decade old, which has become a model for facilities of its type. Click here for article.

Empowering Americans with disabilities to become a greater part of the 21st century workforce is the goal of a new online resource called DisabilityInfo.gov, launched today by Secretary of Labor, Elaine L. Chao, and developed by Arlington, VA-based, devIS. Click here for more.

Bring the disabled on board. Click here for article.

Judge Orders MARTA to Comply With ADA; Atlanta's Disability Community Celebrates The First Victory Press Conference Wednesday At 2 p.m. At Decatur MARTA Station . Click here for press release.

The Media Access Group at WGBH announces the launch of a newly designed, integrated Web site which combines the considerable resources of the world's premiere provider of media access solutions for people with disabilities. Developed in conjunction with WGBH's award-winning Interactive Department. Click here for more.

Defining a disability. Click here for article.

Builder to spend $1 million to settle U.S. disability suit. Click here for article.

People with physical, emotional and even sensory disabilities are much more likely to be overweight and obese than those without such setbacks. Click here for article.

If the Supreme Judicial Court rules in Currie's favor, Massachusetts will become the first state to prohibit discrimination against the mentally ill in long-term disability insurance. Click here for article.

Les Nelson: People with disabilities need details about accessibility. Click here for article.

In a decision hailed by disability rights advocates, an administrative law judge ruled last week that Suffolk County's Department of Social Services erred when it placed Cruz in a nursing home last year and directed the agency to authorize the home care services Cruz needs to live in the community. Click here for article.

There is a common refrain from people with physical disabilities that goes something like this: Stop focusing on our disabilities, because you lose the focus on our abilities. Click here for article.

With one in five Americans -- 53 million people -- having some kind of disability and the aging baby boomers pushing up this ratio, LifeCare®, Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive work and life services, is ahead of the times in providing easy-access to information for employees with disabilities. Click here for press release.

"Coverage expansions for working disabled people not only help individuals directly, but we all benefit when people are allowed to make a valuable contribution to society using their talents and skills in the workforce," Secretary Thompson said. "For many people with disabilities keeping their Medicaid coverage is, in fact, their 'ticket to work.'" Click here for article.

Nearly half of all single mothers receiving welfare benefits have a child with a disability or are disabled themselves...Click here for article.

High-Tech Help for Disabled Children Wearable Computers Draw Schools' Interest . Click here for article.

Technology is typically a blessing for the disabled, but new devices that make it even easier to use computers haven't yet convinced more disabled people to try the Internet. Click here for article.

Selling to the Disabled Can Mean More Than Ads. Click here for article.

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