Friday, October 29, 2010

Houston Police Department teams with MHMR agency to provide crisis intervention for those with mental illness

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From KHOU-TV : HOUSTON -- Dealing with the city’s growing mentally-ill population is, without a doubt, one of the most difficult jobs fac...

Judge upholds ruling that Mississippi man with MR diagnosis will be spared death penalty

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From The Clarion-Ledger in Miss.: The lives of two convicted killers on death row in Mississippi may be spared, based on decisions handed...

Blind Café returns to Boulder, Colo.

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From The Boulder Weekly : Close your eyes. Imagine a helpful guide escorting you through a pitch-black void of darkness. Deeper and deep...

Deaf actress Katie Leclerc cast in ABC Family's pilot for "Switched at Birth"

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From the ABC Family press release : BURBANK. Calif. -– ABC Family has cast Lea Thompson, Constance Marie and newcomer Katie Leclerc (pictu...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

AAPD President/CEO Andrew Imparato to become senior counsel and disability policy director for Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee

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The AAPD press release : WASHINGTON, DC –– The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to announce today that ...

Austin, Texas, City Council's decision on annexation will affect autistic boy's horse therapy

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From KXAN-TV : AUSTIN -- In a case of government versus private property rights, a Leander student's future -- a boy who has autism --...

First blind person to participate in next year's Cape Epic bike race in South Africa

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From Times Live in S. Africa: Blind adventurer and motivational speaker, Hein Wagner, will take on next year's Cape Epic with experie...

Man who clears mines in Cambodia named CNN Hero of 2010

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From Voice of America : The United States Department of State salutes Aki Ra (pictured), founder of Cambodian Self-Help Demining, for bein...

Ribbon cutting for new Rhode Island School for the Deaf Oct. 28

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From WPRI-TV : PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Donald Carcieri joined local dignitaries, students, teachers, and parents for a ribbon cutting...

Indiana teen sentenced to 15 years for rape of woman with CP

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From Indiana News Center: ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. -- An Allen County judge called it “the most immoral piece of conduct” he'd ever seen as ...

Pennsylvania county receives $20,000 to create Autism Information Resource Center

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From The Times Tribune in Scranton, Pa.: Lackawanna County Commissioners approved a plan to use a $20,000 state grant to create an eight-...

India makes history by promoting wheelchair user to rank of Army Major General

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From The Times of India : NEW DELHI, India -- History was created in the Army on Oct. 27 when a wheelchair-bound officer was promoted to ...

Prosthetic leg, thought to be that of missing NC girl, found

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From CNN : A prosthetic leg thought to be that of missing 10-year-old Zahra Baker (pictured) has been found in a brushy area off a North C...

Chicago organization reminds small businesses that they can receive tax benefits for hiring people with disabilities

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From The Wall Street Journal : October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. To th...

Indiana parents told to drop disabled kids at homeless shelters

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From The AP : INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana's budget crunch has become so severe that some state workers have suggested leaving severely disa...