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California's budget crisis deepens after lawmakers miss deadline-California is on the brink of issuing IOUs and state workers will take a third unpaid furlough day in July after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers failed to strike a budget compromise late Tuesday.
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Al Franken wins Senate seat paving way for Obama's Democratic agenda
. President Barack Obama was handed a major boost to his efforts to push an ambitious array of legislation through Congress when Democrat Al Franken was declared the winner of an eight-month battle over a Minnesota Senate seat
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'Evil' Madoff Gets 150 Years in Epic Fraud . Victims Cheer Tough Sentence; Judge Slams Financier for Stonewalling Investigators; True Size of Losses Still a Mystery. Click here for article.

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FDA panel votes to eliminate Vicodin, Percocet. Deadly overdoses of acetaminophen, narcotics are cited in recommendation. Click here for more.

Amanda Dinnigan, one accident victims and others suing General Motors are ending up at the back of the line for payments under GM's bankruptcy reorganization

Accident Victims Stand to Lose in GM Deal-In Restructuring Plan, Automaker Tries to Shed Hundreds of Product Liability Lawsuits. Click here for artcle or video.

2,000 disabled people across TN fast against govt apathy --Approximately 2,000 disabled people from across the state will organise a day-long token fast on Wednesday to protest the inefficiency of the government in administering the schemes meant for this section of the population. Click here for article.

Stephen Hawking says 'disgraceful' EU tax ruling will hit the disabled . Click here for article.

New report slams city's shelter system. Click here for article.

The Government of Canada Launches Online Consultations on the Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. . Click here for press release.

"Disabled forced to lie on toilet floors". Click here for article.

Brooke Greenberg (l) with her sister, Carly

Forever young: the strange case of a child who does not age. In the case of Brooke Greenberg of suburban Baltimore her young appearance is a medical mystery. Young Brooke looks and has the mental capacity of a toddler, but chronologically she is 16 years old. Click here for article.

Access all areas at Glastonbury?-- Mud, big crowds, dodgy toilets and 1,000 acres of mayhem - they are all part of the essential Glastonbury experience. Click here for article.

Event helps disabled enjoy the open water. was one of 110 Seacoast area adults living with developmental disabilities who attended the One Sky Community Services' annual Challenger's Cup Regatta at the Portsmouth Yacht Club. Click here for article.

Group Breaks Ground On Apartments For Disabled People. Click here for article.

Concern housing plan 'forgets disabled people'. Click here for article.

In Israel: Ingenious inventions for the disabled. Click here for article.

Blind spa, deaf couriers: India and disabled rights Click here for article.

Special-needs adults face post-school issues. Click here for article.

Desert ADAPTers celebrate their new billboard with an all night vigil and press conference.. Click here for more.

Governor Schwarzenegger's Proposed Cuts Hurt Elderly, Disabled, Hungry Most. Click here for article.

Obama Boosts In-Home Services for the Disabled. President Barack Obama announced today measures to increase the ability of people with disabilities to live at home, rather than in institutions.Click here for article.

Obama's healthcare plan won't solve our needs. Click here for article.

Melody Ping reads the newspaper Friday in her room at the Forest Manor Nursing Home. She said she loves to read, especially the newspaper, and will read it from cover to cover -- when she can get copies. (J.B.Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Many nursing home disabled prefer living at home --. Click here for article.

Nursing Homes Get Old for Many With Disabilities.Melody Ping never thought she would be trying to move out of a nursing home. Click here for article.

Supreme Court and Blind Justice

Supreme Court victory for parents of disabled students. Click here for more.

'Israel years behind in attitudes on disabled'. Israel lags some 15 years behind the US in its public attitudes, awareness and treatment of people with mental disabilities and intellectual challenges, according to Prof. Arie Rimmerman, a leading local expert from the University of Haifa's School of Social Work. Click here for article.

Teaching Disabled People Life Skills . Click here for article.

Disabled woman's stay in storage unit worries Carroll policePolice in this central Iowa town are concerned about a 75-year-old, disabled former schoolteacher who has been living in a rented storage garage. Click here for article.

LESSONS LEARNED ON THE WATER. Harry was paralyzed in a car accident just after graduating college, and when he struggled in rehab and would mope and feel sorry for himself his folks would get on him. Click here for text version. Or here for video

Venezuela Opens its First Center for Disabled People. Click here for article.

Medicare Cuts Weighed to Fund Health Overhaul. A key Senate committee, pressed to find ways to pay for a health-care expansion, is considering cuts in Medicare that would kick in automatically if other efforts to trim spending in the program fail.Click here for article.

NYC transit seat hogs could face jail time . A new campaign reminds subway and bus riders to give up reserved seats to the elderly or disabled. Click here for article.

Joshua Hoffman and his fiancee, Heather Lovell, attend the Memorial Day parade in Middleville.

Family Outraged After Quadriplegic Marine Denied Free Admission to Michigan Amusement Park. But even after she explained that Hoffman had been paralyzed in 2007 by a sniper's bullet in Iraq and is unable to speak, let alone go on rides, the park insisted both Hoffman and his nurse could not join her in the park without paying, Lovell told the Press. Click here for article.

UTA executes an about-face on plans for paratransit Officials from the Utah Transit Authority told a legislative interim committee Wednesday afternoon that previously announced changes to paratransit service are off the table and new plans are in works that will be easier on the disabled community's wallets . Click here for article.

Diana Jackson: Service with a smile Click here for article.

BIONIC EYE SHEDS LIGHT ON BLINDNESS.-People who were totally blind could at first perceive dots of light that allowed them to avoid bumping into objects. Now, as the system is progressing, they can begin to make out the outlines of faces and other large objects. Click here for story

Custom-made for the disabled . Click here for article.

In UK: The quest for equality;Significant steps have been made in the past 15 years to create a genuine state of equality in which disabled people can thrive. But this is no time to be complacent. Click here for article.

Individual thinkingIndependent care for disabled people has evolved as far as it can in its current guise. But are providers ready to take the next step? Click here for article.

Study Shows Possible Link Between Deaths and ADHD Drugs. Children taking stimulant drugs such as Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are several times as likely to suffer sudden, unexplained death. Click here for article.

Providing Cellphones for the Poor . It came in the form of a free cellphone and free service. Click here for article.

Issue over access for disabled people should concern all. Click here for article.

Police help elderly and disabled with DTV switch. Click here for article.

ARC favors 'people-first' name for state agency serving disabled. Click here for article.

Loans for people on DSS: Swift fiscal assistance for physically challenged people. Click here for article.

President Supports Bill to Expand Medicaid Services for Disabled . Click here for article.

In UK, Have your say - more control for disabled people. Click here for article.

Kennedy health plan aids elders, young adults--The 651-page bill released by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass, calls for a new long-term care insurance program that would provide modest assistance at an affordable premium to help disabled people keep living in their own homes. Click here for article.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Polling places lack access. Click here for article.

Deadly group home fire caused by 'human action' . Click here for article.

Campaign for Disability Employment Announces Online Video Contest. Click here for more.

Democrats Look To Expand Disability Services.--"The way I see it, [this] is a civil rights issue," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. "As far as I'm concerned, there is no health reform without the Community Choice Act." Click here for article.

State's in-home, day caregivers fear budget ax-Both her mother and brother qualify for aides to come to the home for 90 hours a month, and they receive additional Medi-Cal services and other programs as well.Click here for article.

Half of British society sees disabled people as 'inferior' - Scope. Click here for article.

Budget knife threatens popular state programs.--Eliminating mandates for absentee ballots, aid to police and firefighters killed on duty and animal shelter rules could save $100 million. Local governments would have to pay to save them. Click here for article.

UK ratifies human rights treaty for disabled people. Click here for article.

Metro Takes Another Look At Rising Paratransit Costs-The growing population of elderly and disabled people in the Washington area is threatening to overwhelm the door-to-door regional paratransit service that Metro operates for those who are unable to ride the subway or bus, officials said. Click here for article.

Owner of Texas firm says no labor laws violated. Click here for article.

Helping disabled people fly planes. Click here for article.

Greenhouse project serves disabled. Click here for article.

Technology has redefined what it means to be `disabled' Click here for article.

EEOC sues United over handling of disabled workers. Click here for article.

In UK: C4 tells disabled people How to Look Good NakedChannel 4 has ordered a three-part run of How to Look Good Naked featuring people with disabilities. Click here for article.

Katrina Victims Will Not Have to Vacate Trailers . Click here for article.

Disney World ban on Segways faces another challenge--Disability-rights advocates on U.S. Army Maj. Daniel Gade (left) leads a Segway protest in downtown Orlando. Wounded Warriors, a group of disable veterans, protested Disney's ban on Segways. (RED HUBER, ORLANDO SENTINEL / June 3, 2009)Wednesday sought to persuade a federal judge to reject a proposed settlement between Disney and three disabled people that would allow Disney to continue prohibiting the two-wheeled scooters inside its theme parks in Orlando and Anaheim, Calif. Click here for article.

Protected at last – gay and disabled Scots hail hate crime law. Click here for article.

Suddenly disabled, D'Andrea invests his money in hope and 'trust'-Stem cells, disabled access are paralyzed man’s focus . Click here for article.

Staff Benda Bilili: Celebrate, Not Pity--We also did a song which is a tribute to James Brown, it's called "Sex machine", cause the disabled people aka the "bamuelas" are extremly hot ..Click here for article.

The U.S. International Council on Disabilities invite you to join us for a two- day conference on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The conference will be held on July 27 and 28, with an opening reception on the evening of July 26. All events will be held at the J.W. Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C, and are free of charge. By invitation only.

USA, Canada and the EU attempt to kill treaty to protect blind people's access to written material. Click here for blog.

Wanted: Kossacks to twist Obama's arm...The USA, the EU, Canada are being joined by Norway, Australia, New Zealand and (I kid you not) the Vatican in opposing the Treaty. They are blocking a set of harmonized exceptions that would ensure that copyrighted material is made available for the disabled. Click here for article.

Legislative budget axe batters the elderly and disabled.Click here for article.

Social SecurityOpting out not the best answer Click here for more.

Bitter lesson of Ladd -Blind and unable to speak, Norma Jean Johnson was a child when she began living at the former Ladd Center, the original “Rhode Island School for the Feeble-Minded,” Click here for article.

Disabled people rally against state budget cuts. Click here for article.

Ramona Turner, Street Smarts: Blog readers discuss the misuse of disabled placards . Click here for article.

One hand? Sorry, not disabled enough. Click here for article.

Spurred on: Stephen Collins says being disabled makes him more determined to succeed in business

Disabled entrepeneurs held back by prejudice of investors. Click here for article.

Jury supports disabled home owner -- A Hampshire Superior Court jury has found in favor of a disabled man who claimed that a former friend cheated him out of his Ware home. Click here for article.

Groups for the disabled call for more technology innovations to make life easier.Click here for article.

Protecting disabled in fire: Preference to lower-floor city apts. urged after tragedy. Click here for article.

Blind Man Tutors Disabled Students. Click here for article.

Recession brings cuts to veterans' service groups. Click here for article.

Disabled major reaches £1m target--An Army officer who recovered from horrific wounds to dedicate himself to charity fundraising has reached his £1 million target. Click here for article.

De Anza pioneer for disabled passes away-Maribeth "Mimi" Stewart, one of the first students to participate in De Anza College's adapted Physical Education program, passed away. Click here for article.

Jackson County gets stimulus money for developmentally disabled. Click here for article.

Indonesia asks disabled pedestrians to wear signs. Click here for article.

Mom returns voluntarily with cancer-stricken boy.-A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother, who fled Minnesota last week to avoid court-ordered chemotherapy for him, returned voluntarily Monday, and the boy was evaluated by a doctor, a sheriff and the family's attorney said. Click here for article.

The End of the iBot?iBOT Wheelchair

Questions from end of stair-climbing wheelchair.-The nation's first stair-climbing wheelchair hit the market with a bang but disappeared with a whimper, a casualty of price that raises a big question: How much will society agree to pay for high-tech help for the disabled? Click here for article.

Hollywood school's sensory room a hit with disabled students. Click here for article.

NM restores funds to cash assistance for disabled . Click here for article.

Foundation distributes free walkers with wheels to low-income seniors, disabled. Click here for article.

Disabled seek 'Fuel Call' button at Mich. pumps. Click here for article.

Texas agency agrees to $112 million settlement to improve schools for disabled. Click here for article.

Texas, Justice Department reach deal on improving state schools for disabled. Click here for article.

NM cutting cash benefits for low-income disabled. Click here for article.

New York hotels agree to cater for disabled people. Click here for article.

Panel Concerned About Abuse of Disabled Students. Click here for article.

3 gravely disabled sisters; one fraying lifeline. But the girls began to regress rapidly, and all three were eventually diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare and fatal degenerative brain disease. Click here for article.

Congress hears accounts of abused special-needs students. Click here for article.

Abuse In The ClassroomClick here for video.

Families with disabled children feel alienated in their communities and suffer due to a lack of key services, according to a report out today. Click here for articele.

Suicide at Texas Home for Mentally Disable Under Investigation. Click here for article.

Where Livelihoods Are Woven-Some say weaving is a dying art, but ask people in the Spinaweb shop nestled in Occoquan's historic district, and they will tell you otherwise. Click here for article.

Call button ‘dignifies' getting fuel for disabled. Click here for article.

The Art and Heart of Blind Photographers-. Blind photography: the very concept sounds like an oxymoron. Click here for article.

Group sues hospital for withholding treatment. Click here for article.

Budget cuts to centers for disabled protested outside N.J. Statehouse. The Centers for Independent Living help physically and mentally disabled clients with job training, housing and learning mass transit routesClick here for article.

Nonprofit opens Farmingdale store to train disabled. Click here for article.

Texas nearing deal with feds on state school fixes. Click here for article.

Corpus Christi fight club video released Click here for video

Advocates for the disabled sue for state records Click here for article.

Lockboxes aid seniors, disabled Click here for article.

Medicare,Social Sec Trusts Dwindling Faster Than Expected. Click here for article.

Hutchison's campaign criticizes Perry's handling of state schools; Perry staff fires back Click here for article.

Mentally Disabled Forced Into 'Fight Club' at Texas Home Night Shift Made Cell Phone Videos of Residents at Facility in Corpus Christi. Click here for article.

In Texas: Disabled activists protest at Capitol. Click here for article.

Disabled Southern California girl goes to prom after all Click here for article.

Disabled or disheartened?The New York Times has an Opinion piece, The Disability Mess that explores the situation and attempts to explain the situation. Click here for article.

Stephen Hawking Recovery Goes Well Click here for article.

China's disabled quake children piece together their livesFor 20 hours Gao Ying lay in the rubble of her school in China's Sichuan province last spring. The May 2008 earthquake that struck southwest China had leveled many buildings across the region. Click here for article.

.Budget cuts loom over funds for disabled children, adults Click here for article.

Cassidy: Software allows disabled to work on computers Click here for article.

Healthcare groups vow to cut spendingIndustry groups outline a plan to save $2 trillion over the next 10 years, in what could be a boon for President Obama's healthcare overhaul. Click here for article.

Message from Jeff Crowley and Kareem Dale responding to questions from Bob Kafka and others about the Administration's position on Community Choice Act, community living and Olmstead: Click here for more.

Emotional farewell for disabled program Click here for video and article.

Linux has no Speech Recognition software for disabled-And nor will it for years. Open-source initiatives are at least ten years away from a useable speech recognition product..Click here for article.

Disabled Hollywood man bicycles way out of bitterness. Click here for article.

"Declaration for Independence - A Call to Transform Health and Long Term Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities." Click here for more.

Phoenix launches help for homeless, elderly, disabled. Click here for article.

Event looks to give disabled more control. Click here for article.

Country Kitchen Partners with Disabled American Veterans. Click here for article.

More Details Emerging On Large-Screen Amazon Kindle . Click here for article.

Dallas Cowboys' scouting assistant paralyzed after structure collapse. Click here for article.

Cop who championed rights for disabled people retires. Click here for article.

Custom Bikes Let Disabled Kids Experience Riding. Click here for article and video.

.Virtual mobility for disabled wins Second Life prize. Click here for article.

Court allows cuts to disabled services Click here for article.

No jail for bus matron after leaving disabled passenger in cold . Click here for article.

CDC: About 1 in 5 Americans have a disability. Arthritis is the leading cause; prevention strategies needed as boomers age. Click here for article.

Execution set for mentally disabled man?The U.S. Supreme Court has banned the execution of anyone who is mentally disabled. Click here for article.

Nobel Learning sued over disabled students. Click here for article.

Settlement gives developmentally disabled help. The settlement, approved Friday by an Alameda County Superior Court judge, requires the state to provide more information to people in institutions about their options to live in their own communities, and to assist those who choose to do so. Click here for article.

Autism Studies Target Genetic Link.CBS Evening News: Gene Breakthrough May Provide Clues For Families With Autism. Click here for story.

Legislative Support for Kidney Failure, Disabled Florida Patients. Click here for article.

Life as a disabled dad: becoming an honorary mum Click here for article.

AAPD: White House Meets with Disability Leadership. The President is also looking to employ people with disabilities in key positions based on merit, not as figureheads or solely in disability policy positions. Click here for blog.

The White House blog. Click here for blog.

Disabled oversight is 'a very confusing picture' Click here for article.

Mom pleads guilty in starvation of disabled girl. Click here for article.

Disabled girl's aunt charged with murder. Click here for article.

In 'The Soloist,' Sean Daly makes his mark. Played by Jamie Foxx in the film, the character of Ayers is based on the homeless schizophrenic musician who inspired a series of columns by the Los Angeles Times' Steve Lopez. Click here for article.

threaten jobs for mentally disabled Click here for article.

Stem cell research into blindness given boost by drug company. Click here for article.

Writers show bias against disabled. Click here for article.

Survey: More are paralyzed in U.S. than previously thought.About 5.6 million Americans have some degree of paralysis — far more than previously thought, according to the findings of a telephone survey released today by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Click here for article.

Google offer scholarship for disabled students. Click here for article.

Couples forced into abortions or have disabled child as NHS refuses to fund tests. Couples with serious genetic conditions in their family have been forced to face the agonising decision to bring up a disabled child or terminate a pregnancy because the NHS is refusing to pay for testing, experts said. Click here for article.

Braille still has place in education of blind even in age of technology. Click here for article.

State considers merging schools for deaf, blind. Click here for article.

Disabled Residents File Elevator Lawsuit Against CityClick here for article.

‘Disabled need more opportunities to work’ Click here for article.

California Assistive Technology Exchange provides loans of assistive devices for disabled persons. Click here for article.

U.S., Phila. OK plan for disabled access to polls Click here for article.

Budget cuts for disabled services spurs lawsuit Click here for article.

Giving kids who stutter a chance to be heard Click here for video.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ON DISABILITY ANNOUNCES INDIANAPOLIS, IN AS 2009 WINNER FOR DISABILITY–FRIENDLY CITYClick here for more.

NJ gets $609M for at-risk, disabled students . Click here for article.

Disabled riders protest proposed bus-fare hike, service cuts. Click here for article.

Iowa bill requires disabled housing registration. Click here fo article.

Home medical equipment businesses bracing for showdown over plan for competitive bidding. Click here for article.

Health Plans: New Safeguards. Seniors will likely pay more for Medicare's private health plans next year, but new consumer protections that come with those plans could ensure they remain an attractive alternative to traditional Medicare. Click here for article.

Will health care reform fare any better this time around?Click here for article.

Budget cuts hitting elderly, disabled. But for retirees John and Shirley Collier -- and 1.3 million other Californians -- money cut from their Supplemental Security Income may mean choosing between skimping on medication or skipping meals at the end of each month Click here for article.

Cyberdyne's Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) Cyberdyne's Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL)

Wearable robotic suit could help disabled to walk. Click here for article.

His success didn't come by way of blind luck.He once fixed a flaw in the swing of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn. Click here for article.

China sets human rights agenda for sensitive year. Click here for article.

Alabama program to support disabled growers. Click here for article.

For disabled, video games can be a lifesaver.But developers have been slow to make their products more accessible Click here for article.

Disabled man exemplary in lifestyle change. Click here for article.

Funding available to repair homes of disabled residents. Click here for article.

NJ closing 18 schools for disabled, troubled kids. Click here for article.

Medvedev: Russia to boost support for disabled MOSCOW, April 7 (Reuters) - Russia plans to boost spending and enact legislation to ease the plight of 13 million disabled people, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. Click here for article.

Mentally disabled man taken off respirator Click here for article.

Jan Garrett, who now directs the Center for Independent Living, an advocacy group for people with disabilities in Berkeley, CaliforniaJan Garrett, who now directs the Center for Independent Living, an advocacy group for people with disabilities in Berkeley, California

Physically Disabled Can Be Abled Indeed Americans with disabilities are, in one sense, just like everybody else:Click here for article.

Disabled in Metro JacksonClick here for video and article.

Perhaps Bowling Is a Subject Best Avoided.Click here for article.

Barack Obama apologises for 'disabled' gaffe . US President Barack Obama has apologised for comparing his poor bowling alley skills to the Special Olympics, the competition for the disabled.Click here for article.

Middle's reaction to Obama's 'Tonight Show' gaffe most important ."That was like the Special Olympics or something," he told Jay Leno.Click here for article.

Nondisabled job seekers taking jobs of disabled. Click here for article.

Disabled man losing job in political changeover . Click here for article.

White House Drops Plan to Bill Disabled Veterans' Insurance for Care. Click here for article.

Disabled system ;Former nurse battles state, federal red tape. Click here for article.

Right-to-die fight is disabled man's will to live Now that authorities have effectively shut down the Final Exit Network, Perry said he's found his reason to live.Click here for article.

Alcohol Tax Would Mean Money For The Disabled. Click here for article.

Disabled taxpayers eligible for special tax benefits . Click here for artcle.

3 Jailed, 3 More Wanted in “Fight Club” Case. Click here for article.

FBI to investigate Corpus Christi State School 'fight club' case. Click here for article.

Police investigate alleged 'fight club' using mentally disabled . Click here for article.

Care-givers force disabled into fights: policeClick here for article.

Lawsuit filed to save disabled Chicoan's home. To prevent a Chico woman from losing her home, several lawyers filed suit against three firms they accused of engaging in a "predatory lending scheme." Click here for article.

Advocates for the disabled criticize proposed ADA waiver for stimulus projects. Click here for article.

New debate on how to decide best health treatmentsCoelho, who has epilepsy and was a key sponsor of the Americans With Disabilities Act, said the issue comes down to whether disabled people and other patients would get the medical care they need. Click here for article.

Disabled Activist Challenges Airline In Rights Dispute . Click here for article.

The business of accessibility. Click here for article.

Advance Auto Parts Settles Disability Bias Suit with EEOC for $50,000 and Remedial Relief. Click here for article.

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