- State to hear closing concerns (about mental health center for children in Virginia), Staunton News Leader, Dec. 31.
- Disabled residents sue Greenfield over zoning, The AP in Indiana, Dec. 31.
- Ex-PARC worker charged with harassing disabled client, Lower Hudson Journal News in N.Y., Dec. 31.
- Store owner manages despite mild form of autism, The Bakersfield Californian, Dec. 31.
- School For Children With Autism Wins Big Grant, My NC, Dec. 31.
- UD women's basketball holds clinic for disabled, Springfield News Sun in Ohio, Dec. 31.
- Disabled student takes state to court, The Age in Australia, Dec. 31.
- Kiwis more accepting of mental health sufferers, New Zealand Herald, Dec. 31.
- Youth admits attacking cerebral palsy woman, The West Australian, Dec. 31.
- How I Did It: Competed in shot put as an amputee, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dec. 31.
- First-time book a triumph over dyslexia, Lake County News Chronicle in Minnesota, Dec. 31.
- Church Hill woman accused of assaulting elderly wheelchair-bound sister, Kingsport Times News in Tennessee, Dec. 31.
- Lufkinite sentenced to prison for beating man in wheelchair, Lufkin Daily News in Texas, Dec. 31.
- Nurse to graduate in spite of cerebral palsy, Minot Daily News in N.D., Dec. 31.
- Job market crunches disabled, KWCH-TV in Wichita, Kan., Dec. 30.
- Group Fights To Reinvigorate Braille Use, Tampa Tribune, Dec. 30.
- It’s official: Holbrook is oldest living man with Down syndrome, Waseca County News, Dec. 30.
- State police: VSDB plot to kill students, faculty thwarted (Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind), Staunton News Leader in Virginia, Dec. 30.
- This student’s gift is happily exchanged, Classmates learning to sign, Naples News in Florida, Dec. 30.
- (British Prime Minister Gordon) Brown 'opposed to assisted suicide', ITV in Britain, Dec. 30.
- Man (with autism) shot in home invasion, WTHR-TV in Indiana, Dec. 30.
- Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Struck, Killed Man In Wheelchair, MSNBC, Dec. 30.
- Autism Coverage Expands in Oklahoma, The Examiner, Dec. 30.
- ''SEEN BUT NOT HEARD'' (language about disability), London Turkish Gazette in the UK.
- Caregiver teaches a lesson that leads to independence, Middletown Journal in Ohio, Dec. 30.
- 2nd Circuit Clarifies Review Standard in Awarding Disability Benefits, New York Law Journal, Dec. 30.
- Cincinnati police say wheelchair user assaulted officer, Columbus Dispatch in Ohio, Dec. 30.
- Giving Hope To People With Special Needs, Sin Chew Jit Poh in Malaysia, Dec. 30.
- Victorville scholar brings order to dyslexia, The Press-Enterprise in California, Dec. 30.
- Institutions bridging the gap of hearing disability, Houston Chronicle, Dec. 29.
- The goal: Independent living, Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 29.
- Charity ad reaches out to carers, BBC in Britain, Dec. 29.
- UT-Arlington project that could improve the lives of blind people is short $300,000, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Dec. 29.
- San Jose judge runs unique courts for drug-addicted and mentally ill, San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 29.
- Autistic Children and The Military, The Cutting Edge, Dec. 29.
- Muscular dystrophy may limit his activities, but it expands his philosophy, The Gazette in Canada, Dec. 29.
- Initiative aims to aid mentally ill inmates, Poughkeepsie Journal in N.Y., Dec. 29.
- Western State Hospital patients waiting to get out, Seattle Times, Dec. 29.
- Love Stories: Alex Theriault and Mary Boston (Alex has autism and Mary is his aide), Providence Journal, Dec. 29.
- "Late Bloomer": Daringly breaking a disability taboo (movie review), Seattle Times, Dec. 29.
- Substance-abuse centers expect surge in business after holidays, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dec. 29.
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
December 29-31 news roundup
From Dec. 29-31 with headlines, publication and date. In the picture, Frost Bank customer Darla Connor signs to David Cisneros, who is at an office in San Antonio, Texas, as she and Catherine McGaughey, a Frost vice president, discuss banking topics at the bank’s financial center in Bellaire, Texas. From the story, "Institutions bridging the gap of hearing disability."