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2006
December
Charlotte
Wyatt Leaves Hospital For Christmas, But Not With Parents
State's High Court To Decide If Mom Can
Regain Custody Of Son, 3
Coalition Seeks Reconciliation
For Gallaudet Protesters
Vatican Refuses To Sign Global
Disability Rights Treaty
Kevorkian To Be Released Early;
Disability Advocates Predict 'Miraculous' Recovery
Advocates Protested Efforts To
Overturn 1913 Blind Massage Worker Law
Disability Agency Head Steps Down After
Blanket Fight
U.N. General
Assembly Approves International Disability Rights Treaty
Teen's Advocacy Leads To Scooter Law
Change
Hawking On Suicide:
"While There Is Life, There Is Hope"
Advocates To Bring Criminal Charges
Under New Disability Law
Landmark Disability Duty Means 'Embedding'
Equality
Parents, Teachers, And
Parents Support School Board's Inclusion Plan
Cops Help Activist With Her Medicare
Message
Riders Group Angered
About 'Discriminatory' Taxi Rates
New Jersey Advocates Follow Up 'Sting'
On Transit Woes
November
Court, Family
Disagree On Use Of 'Wake-Up' Drug For Woman
Advocates Threaten Legal Action
Over Football Stadium Design
Parents Rally Against Plans To
Institutionalize Young Adults
Parents Plan To Appeal Boy Scout's
Rejection
Readers: Newspaper
Wrongly Focused On Isolated Negatives In Community
Advocates Celebrate 'Institution-Free'
New Zealand
Advocates: Report
On Institutions Should Have Been Released Months Ago
Venezuelans To Enjoy New Rights
UK Ethics Panel Recommends Withholding
Treatment For Littlest Preemies
Vietnam Vets Balk At Half-Completed
Project
11-Year-Old Devon
Parades Down Main Street
California Paper Examines 'Drive-By' ADA
Suits
Airlines Should Stop
Charging For Attendants, Argue Advocates
Church: Doctors Should Be Allowed To Let
Some Babies Die
Gulf City
Launches Accessibility Initiatives
Broadcasters Take On Disability
Issues
Third Kansas Woman Talks
After Years Of Silence
British
College: Allow Doctors To Kill Babies With Disabilities
British Report: Needs Of Families Are
Not Met
Self-Advocacy Pays Off
For Teen And Others
Awards
Show Host Insults Mills McCartney And Other People With Disabilities
At Parents' Request And Ethics Panel
Approval, Doctors Deliberately Stunted Six-Year-Old's Growth
Commentary: Shame On Rush
Famous Farrelly Brothers To Adapt
'Stupid' Comedy
New Jersey
Parents Say State Illegally Segregated Children With Down Syndrome
Community Advocates Oppose Kansas Plan To
Reopen Closed Psych Unit
Gallaudet Protesters Chalk One Up
For Civil Disobedience
October
Report:
Voters With Disabilities Still Face Discrimination At Polls
'Assisted Suicide', By Any Other Name . .
.
Appeals Court: Wheelchair
User Not Entitled To Damages In Jack In The Box Suit
Advocates Help Bermuda Develop Disability
Policy
Congresswoman's Wheelchair
Slam Showed "Insensitivity", Says Opponent
Settlement Means Community Supports For
Tens Of Thousands
Professors
Disappointed Over Wait For Accessibility Improvements
'Choices For Care' Features Alternatives
To Nursing Homes
Protesters
Rally To Show Support For Student, 11
Advocates Call For Community Services
Official's Removal After Institution Comment
Courthouse Barriers To Wheelchair Users
Violate Due Process Rights, Advocates Claim
Activists Go Around Barricades To Defy
Feds On Off-Road Access Rules
Charlotte Wyatt To Celebrate Third
Birthday In Hospital
UK Study:
Businesses Need More Support To Deal With Mental Illnesses
Gallaudet Faculty Vote For
President-Designee's Removal
Police Arrest Over 100 Gallaudet
Protesters
Airport Responds
To Advocate Concerns
Virginia
Plan: Replace Massive Institution With Massive Complex Of Huge
"Homes"
Boy Recovering From
'Persistent Vegetative State'
Mom Considers Action Over Airline's
Wheelchair Restriction
Advocates'
Outcry Over Politician's Autism Statement
Gallaudet Protesters Pick Up
Where They Left Off In May
Candidate Chosen Partly Because Of Her
Disability, Governor Admits
Gonzales: Bush Administration Settled 90
Percent Of ADA Cases
Measure To Restore Intent Of ADA
Introduced In House
Crusader
Helps Children And Women Achieve
Advocates React To "Idol" Judge's
"Prehistoric" Comment
September
Assisted
Suicide Campaigner Hopes To Help Those With Mental Illness To Kill Themselves,
Too
Assisted Suicide
Campaigners Capture Australia's Headlines
'Unlikely Alliance' Struck Between
Advocates And Administration
Feds Announce More 'Real Choice'
Grants
UK Study: People With
Mental Disabilities Receive Poorest Health Care
ADAPT's Peaceful Actions Net
Community Support Meetings With Top Officials
Advocate Says Authorities Have Been Slow
To Investigate Police Assault Complaint
Researchers: Woman's Severely Damaged
Brain Responds To Directions
Mugger's Attack On Wheelchair Grandma
Backfires
Down Syndrome
Births Drop With Prenatal Testing Advances
Bush Names Clay Aiken To President's
Council
Study Finds
Preemies Grow Up To Have Good Lives, Too
Parliament Member Presses For
Constitutional Showdown Over Assisted Suicide Law
August
Discrimination
Watchdogs Criticized For Failing To Use Enforcement Teeth
Radio Contest Left Few Advocates
Laughing
Advocates Find Most
Vehicles At Mobility Car Parks Are Illegal
UN Panel Finalizes International
Disability Rights Treaty
Class
Action Seeks Statewide Sidewalk Improvements, Not Money
Family Says Boy Scouts Violate Son's
Rights
Community Activists
Protest Nursing Home Stay Requirement
Advocacy Efforts Pay Off At Scenic
Tower
City Reaches Agreement
With Advocates Over Sidewalk Accessibility And Safety
Girl Told To Sit Out While Others
Skate
Deaf Ball Player's
Victory Will Benefit Countless Others
Board Approves Large, Segregated School
Despite Civil Action
Advocacy
Agency Faces Discrimination Suit
Community Advocates Celebrate Passage Of
"Equal Choice" Bill
UN
Delegates Negotiate Details Of Disability Treaty
Advocates Join Cost-Saving Debate To Push
For Closing Institution
July
Governor
Orders Review Of Kevorkian's Health
Advocates Pack Meeting On Community
Supports
Americans Celebrate
ADA's 'Sweet 16'
Disability
Rights Documentary Available Online
Groups Fight Medicare Restriction On
iBot Funding
Advocates:
Don't Blame Law For Street Toilet Troubles
Governor Supports Nurse On Schiavo
Statements
Report: People
With Psychiatric Disabilities Faced Illegal Discrimination After
Hurricanes
Public Toilet
Advocates Examine Places To Go
The Organization Formerly Known As AAMR .
. .
Kevorkian Says He
Wouldn't Choose Assisted Suicide For Himself
Advocates Protest Council's Decision
To Lose Loos
Group Wants
All To Enjoy Scenic Tower
Infant Must Leave Hospital To Stay
Alive
Researchers: Man's
Brain 'Rewired Itself' To Make Him Talk
Groups Encourage Micro-Loans To Help
Country's Development
Second
Gubernatorial Candidate Chooses Blind Running Mate
June
Citing Olmstead
Decision, Georgia Settles Long-Term Care Lawsuit
Woman Sees Adult Film Role As Advocacy
Tool
Kevorkian Loses Fourth
Early Parole Bid
Ghana Passes New
Disability Rights Law
California Assisted Suicide Measure Dies
In Committee
Theater Rejects
Calls To Segregate Audiences
State
Violated Free Speech Rights, Advocates Claim
President Apologizes For Off-Hand
Sunglasses Remark
Advocates
Prepare To Challenge Plans For Large Segregated School
New Independent Living Initiative
Launched
Handcuffed, Senior
Activists Rally To Demand Freedom From Nursing Homes
Customer Wins Challenge Over Bank's
Discriminatory Check Policy
Parents Say Doctors Give Little Support
After Down Syndrome Diagnoses
Councilman Claims His City Violated His
Rights
Airline Responds To
Advocates By Changing "Carer" Ticket Requirement
May
Nursing Home
Death Sparks Massive, Violent Street Protest
Kevorkian Admits Breaking The Law
Might Have Been A Mistake
Kids'
Baseball League Denies Discrimination Claims
Opponents Of Assisted Suicide Tell
Senators Their Concerns
City
Makes Access Changes After Years Of Pressure From Advocates
Advocates Insist New Constitution Must
Guarantee Rights
'Da Vinci
Code' Continues 'Evil Albino' Stereotype
Kevorkian Attorney Cites Medical
Conditions In Plea For Early Release, Again
Indonesian Family Wants Asylum To Protect
Deaf Son
House Of Lords Soundly
Rejects Assisted Suicide Proposal
Gallaudet Students, Faculty
Protest Choice For President
Civil Rights Advocate Sues Over
Service Dog Ban
High Court
Rejects "Wrongful Life" Claims
Showdown Expected Over Judge Boyle
Nomination As Ethics Questions Surface
Advocates Call For Reform Of Residential
Services
Slaves No
More: Women Successfully Push Lawmakers To Pass New Abuse Protections
Colorado Advocates Sue Denver Over Opera
House Access Troubles
Freedom
Campaigner Turns Away From Media Attention
Struggle For Woman's Right To Live Takes
Positive Turn
Seventeen
Groups Push State To Ban Prone Restraints
Advocates Claim State's Support Of
Special Nursing Homes Violates Residents Rights
April
Hospital:
Charlotte Wyatt Should Leave Hospital, But Not With Parents
Governor Bush Drops Push For New
Feeding Tube Law
Lone Protester
Draws Attention To Store's Poorly-Placed Banner
Tiger Woods On Hot Seat For "Spaz"
Comment
Community Advocates
Resolve To Bring "Money Follows The Person" Back Next Year
European Council Adopts Plan To Promote
Rights And Self-Determination
Advocates' Protests Lead Council To
Withdraw Parking Arrest Threat
Advocates Divided Over Scrapped Mental
Health Bill
One Year After
Terri Schiavo's Death, Advocates Promise To Continue Fight
March
Teen Turns
Campaigner After School Refuses Bowling Outing
Mum Captures Illegally Parked Cop Car On
Cell Phone Camera
Rights Groups
Warn County Of Legal Action Over Access Problems
Activists Thank City And Police Following
Protests
Demonstrators
Deliver Demands To TennCare And HUD Offices
Advocates Hold Sit-in At Doctor's Office
Over Sign Language Interpreters
Dozens Of Community Advocates Arrested
After Blocking Downtown Traffic
Federal Officials Hear Real Institution
Horror Stories At ADAPT Forum
Advocates Say Change In Commission's Role
Would Weaken Their Rights
Judge
Grants Class Action Status To Illinois Community Living Lawsuit
Judge Opposes Doctors, Says Baby Can
Stay On Ventilator
Quick
Action Leads Fox TV To Drop Use Of "R-Word"
Mental Health Group Forced To Remove
Statue Of Churchill In A Straightjacket
University Students Stage Sit-In Over
Access Barriers
Legal Showdown
Continues Between Doctors And Parents Of 17-Month-Old Boy
Judge Rules Advocate's Lawsuits Are Not
"Frivolous"
Grandparents:
Charlotte Appears To Have Pulled Through, Again
Parking Crusader Under Attack
Waiting List Does Not Violate Rights,
Judge Rules
Family Court To
Decide If 17-Month-Old Boy Should Live Or Die
Theatre Company Selects Wheelchair User In
Wheelchair Role
Advocates
Outraged At Plan To Charge Air Fare For Service Animals
February
Boy Wants
Police Apology For Making Him Prove His Disability
Nursing Homes Continue To Close As People
Choose Community Options
Little Charlotte Wyatt Struggles For Her
Life, Again
Vancouver
Mayor Takes Olympic Flag For A Spin In His Custom Wheelchair
Mom Takes On Bowling Alley Over
Accessibility And Attitudes
Advocates Go Door-To-Door To Promote
Accessible Menus
DC
ParaTransit Riders Skeptical Of Promises To Listen And Act
Attitudinal Barriers Can Take Longer To
Break Down
Advocates Remind
Politicians They Vote, Too
Community Advocates Celebrate Passage
Of "Money Follows The Person Act"
Northern Ireland To Enjoy New Disability
Discrimination Protections
Survey
To Help China Develop Disability Policies, Laws, And Programs
Advocates To Utah Lawmakers: "End The
Waiting List"
International
Disability Rights Treaty Nears Final Draft
Toymaker Finds Barbie's Wheelchair
Friend For Morgan
Moms Save
Park And Make It Accessible To All Kids
Demand Grows For Adopting Children With
Down Syndrome
Charlotte Wyatt
Could Be Released To Foster Family, Not Parents
Kaufman Victims Become Advocates For
Reform
Committee Drops Measure
Allowing Doctors To Ignore Patients' Wishes
Day Program Participants Mutiny To Start
Own "Squad"
Community
Protection Measure Will Not Protect Participants' Rights, Advocates
Argue
Man Ordered Through
Courthouse Metal Detector Can Sue, Appeals Panel Rules
Advocates Say State Forces Residents With
Mental Illness Into Nursing Homes
"Brain Dead" Girl Begins Recovery, Hours
After State Removes Feeding Tube
Olmstead Decision Leads Iowa Counties To
Close Institutions
Doctors Could
Ignore Patients' Wishes And Refuse CPR Under Proposed Law
And The Nominees Are . . .
"Murderball" . . .
California
Advocates Fight New Lawsuit Notification Initiative
B.C. Lawmaker Promises To Introduce
Canadians With Disabilities Act
January
"ER"
Episode To Draw Attention To ALS And End-Of-Life Controversy
City Council Joins Others In Supporting
Deaf Ball Player's Rights
Advocates: Candy Company's Tour Policy
Discriminates Against Visitors With Disabilities
Court: Ontario Can Close Remaining
Institutions
ADAPT To
Auction Historic Disability Rights Artifact
Duo To Recheck Businesses For
Accessibility Improvements
Fire Alarm Leaves Lawmaker Stranded;
Evac-Chairs Stored Two Years In Capitol Attic
Study: UK Doctors Show Little Support For
Legalizing Euthanasia
Most
Katrina Victims Were Over Age 60 And With Disabilities
Advocates Angered As Supreme Court
Upholds Oregon's Assisted-Suicide Law
Study: Psychiatric Patients Receive
Fewer 'Get Well Soon' Wishes
Disability Rights Commissioner
Stranded At Train Station
Advocates Show Up In Force To Evaluate
Voting Systems
Rights
Commission: Businesses Continue To Fail On Access
ADAPT Activists Protest Transit
System's Counter-suit
Georgia Lawmaker Pulls Feeding Tube
Legislation
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2005
December
Parole Board Recommends Against
Early Release For Kevorkian
Utah Advocates Push For Changes In
Voting Proposals
A Very Merry
Christmas For Charlotte Wyatt And Her Family
State Announces Plan to Close Children's
Institution
Rights Group
Threatens Protest To Force End To Modified Cars Dispute
Opinion: There But For The Grace Of
God . . . Go So Many Of Us
Alpizar Shooting Adds To Holiday
Travelers' Anxiety
Advocacy
Systems Split Over ADA Negotiation Tactics?
Study: Thirty-Percent Of People With
Disabilities In UK Live In Poverty
Hospital To Keep Toddler Charlotte At
Christmas
Disability Advocates
Launch Campaign Against Alito Supreme Court Appointment
Mom To Sue Hospital Where Baby Luke
Died
Kevorkian Asks
Again For Early Release Due To Health Problems
Dad Says Little Charlotte Enjoyed First
Home Visit
More Line Up To
Support Deaf Ball Player
Down
Syndrome Group And Special Olympics Say "The Ringer" Is "A Winner"
High Court Rejects Mom's Stroller
Case
Disability Discrimination
Act Now Protects Medical Conditions
Dutch Panel Likely To Protect Doctors
That Euthanize Babies
Disability Forum Calls For Ending
Institutionalization In Europe
November
Baby
Charlotte To Go Home For First Time
Mom Says Policy Against Stroller Violated
Son's Rights
ADA Eagle And Turkey
Awards Announced
Community
Advocates Call On Governor For Funds To End Waiting List
High Court Considers "Wrongful Life"
Case
Protesters Confront Jerry
Lewis At Book Event
Disability
Rights Advocates Warn Against Alito Nomination
Alan Reich, Disability Rights Leader,
Dies At Age 75
Advocates Push
For Tighter Policing Of Illegal Parkers
Lone Teen Protester Stops Rush Hour
Traffic Over Broken Bus Lifts
Senate Candidate Says She Can Give Voice To
Those Unheard
Lithuania Hosts First
'Miss Disabled' Contest
Detroit Settles Bus Case; Advocate
Says Agreement Tied To Elections
Party Accuses Namibian Banks Of Gouging
Customers With Disabilities
Board
Appoints First Member With Down Syndrome
Advocates & Parents Angered After
Youth Baseball Organization Bans Interpreter Dad From Dugout
October
Rosa
Parks' Quiet, Dignified Defiance Inspired And United Disability Rights
Advocates
Advocates Are Invited To
Sign Statement On Life-Sustaining Care And Treatment
Movie To Tell Us "You Don't Know
Jack"
Advocates Sue Detroit Over
Problems With New Curb Cuts
Report: Barriers In Public
Transportation Amount To "Systemic Discrimination"
Some Ex-Soviet States Move Toward
Inclusion
High Court Says
Immigration Officials Cannot Reject Families On Child's Disability
Alone
Charlotte Wyatt Gets
'Best Possible Birthday Present'
Illinois Advocates Ride And Rally For
Community Supports
Advocates Object
To Wheelchair Cushion Searches
Lawsuit And Media Exposure Prompt Police
To Allow Constable With Hearing Loss
British Lords Signal Compromise In
Assisted Suicide Measure
Brits Criticize California Wheelchair
Maker For "Derogatory" Name
Illinois Advocates Launch "Freedom Ride
'05"
Judge To Announce
Ventilation Ruling On Charlotte Wyatt's Birthday
Police Arrest Dozens Of South Korean
Activists During Protest
UNICEF:
Children With Disabilities In Eastern Europe Still Face Segregation And
Discrimination
Supreme Court
Hears Assisted Suicide Case
British Commission: One-Half Of
Accessibility Complaints Concern Leisure And Retail
Chicagoans Sue City Over Faulty Curb
Ramps
September
Advocacy
Group Sues State To Switch Money From Institutions To Community
Supports
Terri Schiavo's
Family To Publish Book
Civil
Rights Group Files Suit Against Billy Ray Johnson's Assailants
Senate Panel Endorses John Roberts For
Supreme Court Justice
City
Residents Harass Man Who Sued Over Accessibility Violations
ADAPT Advocates Get Commitments
From HUD And NGA
ADAPT
Protesters Take Over Offices Of Congressional Leadership
Costs Of Rebuilding Huge Nursing Home
Continue To Climb
Naked,
Pregnant And Proud Statue Unveiled At Trafalgar Square
Hurricane Survivors Finally Connect
With Help, But Fear Lack Of Independence
Iraqi Constitution Grants People With
Disabilities Health Care And Rehabilitation, But Little Else
State Officials Work With Advocates On
Budget Cuts
Manufacturer
Agrees To Remove "Retarded" Phrase From Talking Pens
August
Teachers And
Advocates Warn Transition to Mainstream Schools Could Be Rough
Jury Selection Set For Matthew
Stein
United Nations Treaty
Writers Focus On Inclusion During Sixth Meeting
Disability Groups Praise Specter On
Tough Questions For John Roberts
Court Rejects Appeal By Charlotte
Wyatt's Parents
New York
Governor Vetoes Respectful Language Bill
Advocate Files Federal Access Complaint
Against City
Charlotte
Wyatt Making 'Remarkable Progress', Hospital Says
Muslim Women With Disabilities March
For Peace
Helpline Received A
Half Million Disability Enquiries In First Five Years
Girl Produces Video For Classmates To Know
Her Better
Advocates Sue
Taco Bell Over Access Problems
Woman Fights Guardian Over Sterilization
Request
Studies: Nursing Homes
Increased In Size And Decreased In Quality, As More Residents Chose Community
Options
Worker Chose Wrong Person
To Disrespect
NCIL Adopts Right
To Food And Water Resolution
Columnist Parodies Governor's Actions Toward
Disability Advocates
Scantlin
Speaks More After Mysterious 'Awakening'
Protesters Toll Bells Across Tennessee
Over Health Care Cuts
July
British Appeals
Court Rejects Burke's 'Right To Live' Claim
Advocates Sue Illinois To Live In The
Community
Police Officers Learn
Sign Language
Americans
Celebrate 15 Years Of ADA
ADA
Lawsuits Prompt Changes In Wisconsin
New Disability TV Network In The
Works
The Buzz On
'Murderball'
From Fairview To
The Capitol: David Beem Announces Run For Governor
Tennessee Sit-In Passes One-Month
Mark
San Francisco Urged To
Scrap Giant Nursing Home
Missouri
Advocates Call Governor A Hypocrite
TennCare Protest Nears One-Month
Mark
New Zealand Doctors To
Review Stance On Euthanasia
Young Man Goes From "Persistent
Vegetative State" To Self-Determined Life
Campaigners Call On Nobel Committee To
Pull Prize For Lobotomy Inventor
Syracuse Advocates March For ADA
Protesters Continue Occupation At
Governor's Building
Governor
Bush Ends Inquiry Into Terri Schiavo's Collapse
Advocates Watch Bush For O'Connor
Replacement
Medicare To Drop
Entire Class Of Anxiety, Seizure Meds
Accident Changed More Than Teen's
Body
British Doctors Vote To Be
Neutral On Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide
Tennessee Governor Continues To
Resist Advocates; Occupation Of Office Nears Third Week
June
Nevada Advocacy
Center Sues State Over 'Improper' Detentions
Tennessee Disability Rights
Activists Take Over Governor's Office, Demand Changes In Health Care
Budget
Terri Schiavo's Death
A "Moral Shame" Says Schindler Family
Schiavo Autopsy Results Released To
Public
NCD Report Applauds
Accessible Transportation Efforts, But Calls For More Action
Canadian Travelers Accuse Airlines
Of Discrimination
Arkansas
Institution Employees Feared Retaliation, Watchdog Group Says
Paper Examines Plan To Close
Fernald
California Assisted
Suicide Measure Defeated, For Now
Fighting for our Lives at the
ACLU
Idaho Advocate Receives Human
Rights Award
May
Woman Speaks Her
Mind, But Not So Much To The Press
Second Kansas Woman Talks After Years Of
Silence
Russian Families Protest
Cuts In Children's Benefits
Street Safety Dress Code For Deaf
Pedestrians Upsets Advocates
London To Open Darkened
Restaurant
Survey: Public Not
Concerned About Lack Of Actors With Disabilities
British Disability Groups Condemn Health
Secretary Over Opposition To Burke's Right To Live
Concerned Citizen Acts To Get Sidewalk
Street Lights Moved
Councilwoman Claims New City Hall Is Not
Accessible To Her And Others
Washington Self-Advocates Score Another
Legislative Victory
Grassroots
Disability Groups Lead Reform Efforts In Korea
Manitobans Get Help From Lawmaker In Parking
Campaign
Mom Must Be Allowed In
Pool With Boy, Commission Rules
Irish Advocates Angered At Lack Of Rights In
Disability Law
Crowd Holds Funeral
For Missouri's Medicaid Program
Disability Groups Claim Oregon Assisted
Suicide Law Puts Lives At Risk
Mom Plans To Continue Fight Over Baby
Luke's Death
Jamaican
Advocates Closely Watch Sex Crime Case
Some Compare Don Herbert To
Terri Schiavo
Advocates Create
Hate Crime Centers
Injured
Firefighter Talks After Ten-Year Silence
Aiden Stein's Parents Sue Hospital For
Negligence
April
Advocates Send
Message To Congress And White House: Leave Social Security Disability Benefits
Intact
Inquest Scheduled
Into Baby Luke's Death
Louisiana
Measure Stalled While Lawmakers Consider Rights Of People With Developmental
Disabilities
Watchdog Groups
Alarmed By Numbers Of Sex Offenders And Parolees In Illinois Nursing
Homes
Deaf California Couple
Sues For Accessible Roadside Call Boxes
House Panel Hears Disability Rights
Perspective Surrounding Schiavo's Death
Baby Charlotte's Parents Again Told
"No" On Life-Saving Measures
Wisconsin Senator Points To Schiavo
Case To Reintroduce "Death With Dignity" Bill
NCD Urges Federal Government To
Consider Disability In Disaster Planning
Matt Stein Charged With Aiden's
Injuries
No Abuse Found
In Schiavo Records
British
Advocates Pleased With Most Aspects Of New Disability Law
Diverse Opinions Surround Terri
Schiavo's Death
Ms.
Wheelchair Coverage And Debate Miss The Point
Agency Urges Illinois To Close Another
Institution
Night Time TV
Disability Ban Was Joke
Advocates Accuse Agency Of Discriminating
Against Cohabitating Adults
Bill Expected To Prevent Future
Group Home Slavery Problems
Wheelchair Pageant Winner Stripped Of
Title After Standing Up
Ms.
Wheelchair Suits Prompt Wisconsin Businesses To Address Access
Problems
TV Disability Ban
A Cruel Hoax?
Detroit Gets
30 New Accessible Buses; Advocate Says It's Not Nearly Enough
Disability Rights Advocates Resolve To
Keep Others From Terri's Fate
Terri Schiavo Dies After 13 Days
Without Water Or Food
March
"Hire Abilities"
Project Launched In Hawaii
Will New Legal Protections Come From
Terri's Death?
Disability
Perspective Finally Gets Press
As Legal Options Fade, Protests For
Terri Schiavo's Life Heat Up
Remembering Robert Wendland
Parent Argue For Baby Charlotte's
Life
A Year After Hospital
Ordeal, Baby Aiden's Grandmother Will Assume Custody
Minister Vows To Fight On To Clarify
Law On Cleft Lip-Related Abortions
King Of Jordan Receives FDR Disability
Award
Schindlers Dealt
Several Blows In Efforts To Keep Terri Schiavo Alive
Federal Judge Refuses To Have Terri's
Feeding Tube Reinserted
After Unprecedented Action by Congress
& President, Terri Schiavo's Fate In The Hands Of Federal Court
Terri Schiavo's Feeding Tube Removed
Again
After Other Efforts
Fail, U.S. House Committee Plans To Intervene To Save Terri Schiavo
Teens Learn Real Life Civic Lesson At
Capitol
Chicago Mayor Names
Advocate To Head Up Disability Office
Ethics Panel Wants Opinions On Saving
Premature Newborns
Daughter
Agrees With Hospital To Drop Mom's Life Support
Number Of Dutch Babies Euthanized Was
Larger Than Earlier Reported
Efforts Continue To Spare Terri
Schiavo's Life
Judge Hears
Arguments Over Aiden Stein's Custody
Pressure Mounts On Terri Schiavo's
Parents And Advocates
Charity
Responds To Community Movement By Making Major Shift Toward Inclusion
Advocacy Efforts Paid Off: City Orders
1,000 New Curb Cuts
ADAPT
Secures Community Resolution From Governors
Disability Coalition Pushes For
Accessible Reading Formats
Judge Greer Rejects Several Schiavo
Motions
Disability Groups
Oppose Boyle's Nomination To Appeals Court
February
CMS
Administrator McClellan Shows Support For Medicaid Reforms
Charlotte Wyatt's Parents: We Have
New Evidence Our Baby Is Improving
Fear & Loathing In Hollywood:
Pro-Euthanasia Themes Draw Oscars And Criticism
Alabama Teenager To Continue Receiving
In-Home Nursing
Supply And
Demand: More Families Want To Adopt Children With Down Syndrome
Judge Greer Sets New Date For Feeding
Tube Removal
Advocates To
Meet With CMS Director McClellan
Disability Group Calls For Suspension
Of Feeding Tube Removals
U.S.
Supreme Court To Hear Administration Case Against Oregon Assisted Suicide
Law
Terri Schiavo's Life
Spared At Least One More Day
MiCASSA Introduced Into Congress
Again
More Advocates Speak
Out Against Eastwood's Pro-Euthanasia Theme
Children Services Requests Custody Of
Aiden Stein
State And
Participants Alike Like 'Real Life Choices'
Jarno Supporters Appeal Immigration
Judge's Deportation Ruling
Woman Begins Talking After 20 Year
Silence
Court Refuses
Latest Baby Charlotte Appeal
On A Roll Radio's Greg Smith On PBS
'Independent Lens', February 15
Study: Disability Does Not Equal
Misery
State Closes
Fircrest Cottages Ahead Of Schedule
Disability Groups Uneasy About Bush
Budget Plan
UN Disability
Committee Moves Forward On Treaty Drafts
Innovative Day Program Idea: New ADAPT
Chapter Start-Up?
Brain Scans
Show Increased Activity During Story-Telling In Patients With Severe Brain
Injuries
Message From Georgia
Advocates To Lawmakers: "Free Our People!"
Third Hawaii Assisted-Suicide Measure
Defeated
Campaigners Finally
Get Wheelchair Access -- At Both Ends Of Footbridge
Judge: Doctors Can Still Refuse To
Ventilate Baby Charlotte
Reviewers Like "Rory O'Shea"
January
Airline
Tries To Duck Wheelchair Rule
Minnesotans Want Old Words Out,
Respectful Words In
Advocates Outraged At Eastwood's
Pro-Euthanasia Film
Baby
Charlotte's Parents Ask Judge To Drop DNR Order
Advocate: Fake Restroom Door Is
'Completely Ludicrous'
Advocates Angered That Museum Ignored
Access Suggestions
Court-Appointed Advocate Calls For
Exam Of Terri Schiavo's Brain Damage
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects "Terri's
Law" Appeal
Judge: 1972
Fernald Case Will Not Be Reopened
Individualized Budgets Are Cornerstone Of
Blair Disabilities Benefit Reform Plan
Blind Nursing Student On Next Step To
Life-Long Dream
ADAPT
Calls On Governors To Remove Institutional Bias
Straight-Jacketed Valentine Gift Is
"Unbearable" To Vermont Advocates
Mum Accuses Pool Of Discriminating
Against 8-Year-Old Son
Study:
Mental Illness Stigma Reduced In Scotland
Schindlers File New Challenge Against
Florida Court Order; New Attorney Surprised By Terri Schiavo's
Responsiveness
Essay On Mental
Illness Stigma Wins Student Trip To Prague
Down-sizing Ohio Institutions Ahead Of
Schedule
Ohio Supreme Court
Rules Baby Aiden Can Stay On Ventilator
Top of page
2004
December
Community
Embraces Local Hero
State
Supreme Court Says Boy's Life Not "Wrongful"
Settlement Good News For Hundreds On
Connecticut Waiting List
ADA
"Sheriff" Banned From Courts
Myths About Assisted Suicide
Challenged
Judge Gives
Doctors More Leeway In Baby Charlotte's Treatment
Fletcher Makes A Grand Stand In House
Of Commons
Surprise Visit
Reinforces Romney's Resolve To Close Fernald
Baby Charlotte's Parents Claim
Doctors Are Killing Her
Hospital Patients Use Radio Program To
Change Stigma
Fletcher
Stuck In Locked, Upright Position
Superstitions Still Destroy Lives of Blind
People
Parole Board Denies
Kevorkian Early Release, Again
Study Likely To Renew Assisted-Suicide
Debate In Vermont
Zurich Police
Launch Investigation Into Brit's Assisted Suicide
Advocates Rally To Support Blind
Parents
World Celebrates
International Disability Day: "Nothing About Us Without Us"
NCD: Time To Restore Strength Of
ADA
Governor Bush Takes
Schiavo Case To U.S. Supreme Court
Advocates, Educators Find Much To
Praise And Condemn In IDEA Reauthorization
French Assembly Passes Passive Euthanasia
Law
Florida High Court Drops
Stay In Terri Schiavo Case
November
Activists
Ride Rails To Show Lack Of Inclusion
Salvation Army To Drop Nursing
Homes
Activists, Supporters,
Justices Ask Governor To Spare Schizophrenic Death-Row Inmate
Athletes With Intellectual Disabilities
Allowed Back To Paralympics
Queen's Speech Calls For Controversial
Disability Legal Reforms
Disability Rights Advocates Outraged Over
Institution's Historic Preservation Status
Complaints Lead Washington Post To
Drop Cartoonist From Website
Family, TV Station Overwhelmed By
Response To Lauren Rainey Story
Advocacy Coalition Gives Lawmakers List
Of Demands
Advocates For
Closing Fernald Speak Out
Charlotte Wyatt's Parents Ready To
Fight Back
"Life-and-death
Decisions Should Not Be Left To Doctors"
Another Alabaman At Risk Over Medicaid
Bureaucracy
Baby Luke
Winston-Jones Dies; Family Seeks Inquiry Into Doctors' Behavior
Editorial Slams Election Officials For
Questioning Disability Votes
Judge Tells State And Parents To
Compromise Over Fernald
California Lawmakers To Launch Assisted
Suicide Measure
Ashcroft's
Final Act: Appeal Ruling Over Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law
Man's Vote Could Determine State House
Leadership
Kevorkian Asks
For Early Release, Again
Dr.
Betts Featured In Investment Magazine
Marlee Matlin Stars In New Indie
Film
Thornburgh, Reich
Implore Bush Administration To Back United Nations Disability Treaty
Republicans Charge Institution Employees
With Influencing Residents' Votes
Supreme Court Rejects Another Kevorkian
Appeal
October
Two
Florida Courts Agree To Keep Terri Schiavo Alive Through Appeals
Ohio
Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Baby Stein's Life
Advocates
Need New Victory
Why,
Michael? Twelve Questions For Michael Schiavo
Two Courts Refuse To Hear
Appeals Over Keeping Terri Schiavo Alive
Judge: Doctors Can Refuse 'Aggressive
Treatment' For Baby Luke
Remembering The Spotted Owl:
Activism And Terri Schiavo
Unlikely Alliances And Foes In The
Schiavo Debate
EEOC Releases
Fact Sheet On Employment Rights Of People With Intellectual
Disabilities
Barrier Busters Do
A Downtown Walkabout
Medical
Schools Drop Opposition To Euthanasia Bill
Candidates Point Fingers Over Offensive
Flier
Doctors Want To
Refuse Life-Saving Measures For Infant Boy
Wyatts Consider Appealing Infant
Daughter's Death Ruling
Actor,
Advocate Christopher Reeve Dies At Age 52
British Medical Group Challenges Burke
"Right To Live" Ruling
Advocates Urge Candidates To Focus On
Disability Issues
Professor
Hawking: A Leading Role Model For Youth
Court Prevents Ventilator For
Baby
Good Samaritan Clerk
Shot After Defending Customer
Psst! We Really Need To Talk -- About
Sex
University Students "Pub
Crawl" For Accessible Toilets
September
Supreme
Court To Review Cruise Line Accessibility Case (Sept. 30, 2004)
Britain Launches Final Phase Of Disability
Discrimination Act (Sept. 30, 2004)
Officials Say More Than 300 People With
Intellectual Disabilities Languish In Ireland's Psych Hospitals (Sept. 30,
2004)
Ireland Releases National
Disability Strategy And Disability Bill (Sept. 29, 2004)
Washington State Study Finds Community
Costs Less (Sept. 28, 2004)
Secretary Ridge Asks People With Disabilities
To Get Involved In Emergency Planning (Sept. 23, 2004)
Senator Urges Officials To Provide
Accessible Parking At Federal Buildings (Sept. 23, 2004)
Florida Supreme Court Rules "Terri's
Law" Is Unconstitutional (Sept. 23, 2004)
Deaf Worker Says Disability Rights
Commission Discriminated Against Him (Sept. 21, 2004)
Bulgaria Makes Moves To Improve Mental
Health Treatment (Sept. 20, 2004)
Assisted Suicide Campaigner Goes On
Trial (Sept. 20, 2004)
State
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Baby Aiden Stein Appeal (Sept. 16, 2004)
Coalition Seeks To Move Young People Out
Of Nursing Homes (Sept. 16, 2004)
Angry Riders Confront MBTA Officials
(Sept. 15, 2004)
Terri
Schiavo Would Not Want To Go Against Catholic Church, Her Parents Argue (Sept.
15, 2004)
Ontario To Be
Institution-Free By 2009 (Sept. 13, 2004)
Jack "Dr. Death" Kevorkian Coming To
A Theater Near You? (Sept. 13, 2004)
Stephen Shore Completes Second Book On
Self-Advocacy For People With Autism (Sept. 13, 2004)
Athletes With Intellectual Disabilities
Still Kept From Paralympic Games (Sept. 10, 2004)
Indian Activists Demand Equal Access
(Sept. 10, 2004)
Community-Police
Crisis Team Grows In Shadow Of Paul Childs' Shooting Death (Sept. 9,
2004)
Stable Homes Best For
Kids With FAE/FAS (Sept. 8, 2004)
Artist Challenges Notions Of Disability And
Sexuality (Sept. 7, 2004)
Project To Enhance Social Inclusion
Across Canada (Sept. 7, 2004)
August
Florida
Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Schiavo Case (August 31, 2004)
Citizen's Efforts Lead To New Service
Animal Protections (August 27, 2004)
State Can Pull Life Support For State Ward,
Court Rules (August 27, 2004)
Efforts To Reopen 1973 Lawsuit Seen As Ploy
To Keep Fernald Open (August 26, 2004)
Caregivers Experience Anxiety And Depression
After Institutionalization (August 25, 2004)
Euthanasia Campaigner Denied Second Request
For Home Detention (August 25, 2004)
Parents Support Letting Nurse Take Aiden
Home; Authorities Resist Plan (August 24, 2004)
"Advocates For Disabled Say Thousands May
Be In Institutions Needlessly" (August 23, 2004)
Keeping His Own Home Is Closer To
Reality For Jimmy Gray (August 10, 2004)
Jarno's Immigration Fate May Be Decided
This Week (August 10, 2004)
Baby Aiden's Do-Not-Resuscitate Order Is
Valid, Judge Rules (August 10, 2004)
Come Play The ADA Game (August 9,
2004)
Baby Aiden Stein Back In
Hospital With Pneumonia (August 6, 2004)
Prospective Audience Member Accuses
"Dr. Phil" Of Discrimination (August 6, 2004)
"Those Who Are 'Not Normal' Need Not
Apply" (August 3, 2004)
Feds Cite California For Laguna
Honda Civil Rights Violations (August 3, 2004)
Network Reaches Into Nursing Homes To
Help Residents Gain Their Freedom (August 2, 2004)
July
Women With Down
Syndrome Say Treatment At Fitness Club Was Unfair (July 29, 2004)
Election Reform Groups Oppose Touch
Screen Voting Rule (July 28, 2004)
World Bank Works To Reduce
Segregation And Poverty For People With Disabilities (July 27, 2004)
Duchess Of York Supports Mom In
Baby's Struggle (July 27, 2004)
Three-quarters Of Scottish Businesses
Not Ready For October Accessibility Deadline (July 27, 2004)
Americans Celebrate 14th Anniversary Of
ADA (July 26, 2004)
Prince
Called Woman In Wheelchair "A Menace" (July 26, 2004)
Michael Schiavo Accuses Governor Bush
Of Subjecting Terri To 'Absolute Dictatorship' (July 26, 2004)
Man Says He Was Denied Vote Because He
Has Down Syndrome (July 23, 2004)
Twenty-First Birthday Could Be Disastrous
For Ramos (July 23, 2004)
Commissioners Reject Capitol Lighting Plan
To Avoid ADA Upgrades (July 22, 2004)
Advocacy Groups Support Deaf Man Who
Accuses Police Of Assault (July 22, 2004)
Terri Schiavo Wouldn't Go Against
Pope's Wishes, Parents Claim (July 22, 2004)
Baby Stein Moved To Nursing Home (July
21, 2004)
Urged By Protests,
Governors Agree To Consider Community Resolution (July 20, 2004)
Community
Advocates Respond To Efforts To Keep Fernald Open (July 20, 2004)
More Turn Out Than Expected At First
Disability Pride Parade (July 20, 2004)
Disability Rights Activists Converge On
Governors Meeting (July 16, 2004)
Survey Finds Scottish Disability
Charities Fail To Hire People With Disabilities (July 16, 2004)
Laguna Honda Security Still Questioned
(July 16, 2004)
Chicago To
Host First International Disability Pride Parade (July 15, 2004)
Pro-Institution
Supporters Want 1972 Fernald Court Case Reopened (July 14, 2004)
Advocates
Call On Media And Government To Focus On Advocacy, Not Charity (July 13,
2004)
Disability Groups File
With Governor Bush In Schiavo Case (July 13, 2004)
Letter By "Harry Potter" Writer
Sparks Changes In Czech Caged Beds Policy (July 13, 2004)
Cops Ticket 50 In Accessible Parking Sting
(July 12, 2004)
Governor
Bush Claims Terri's Law Was Legal And Necessary (July 7, 2004)
Blame Terrorists For Lack Of Accessible
Parking At Nevada Federal Buildings (July 6, 2004)
Report: Euthanasia Is Being Practiced
With Disregard To Laws (Ju.y 6, 2004)
Ohio Settles 1989 Lawsuit For Community
Supports (July 2, 2004)
Parliament Must Ready To
Accommodate New Member (July 2, 2004)
Appeals Court Shuts Parents Out Of
Fight Over 'Terri's Law' (July 2, 2004)
Assisted Suicide Campaigner Will Remain
In Jail, Parole Board Says (July 1, 2004)
June
Burke Wins
Court Challenge Over Feeding Tube Rule (June 30, 2004)
Treatment For Pain Has Declined Since
Assisted Suicide Law (June 30, 2004)
Whistler Needs To Change Structures,
Parking, And Attitudes For 2010 Paralympics (June 30, 2004)
Poll Shows People With Disabilities Still At
Disadvantage (June 28, 2004)
"Suicide Tourists" Had Mental Illnesses, But
Not Terminal Illnesses (June 25, 2004)
Kevorkian Appeal Rejected, Again
(June 25, 2004)
Meatpackers File
Discrimination Suit (June 25, 2004)
Report: Doctors And Patients Suffer From Lack
Of Adequate Training, Communication (June 24, 2004)
Home Of Olmstead Celebrates Five
Year Mark Of Landmark Disability-Rights Case (June 17, 2004)
Advocates Say Mental Health Bill May Be Too
Little, Too Late (June 16, 2004)
Florida Supreme Court To Take Terri
Schiavo Case (June 16, 2004)
Federal Judge Tosses Discrimination
Lawsuit Against Airlines (June 15, 2004)
Deaf Travelers Sue Burbank Airport (June
15, 2004)
Campaign Launched To
Urge Hiring Blind Workers (June 14, 2004)
City Responds To Citizen Concerns (June
14, 2004)
Accessible
Voting Advocates Accused Of Being Too Tight With Electronic Voting Machine
Makers (June 11, 2004)
Voters With Mental Disabilities
Excluded From European Elections (June 11, 2004)
High Court Halts Removal Of Infant's
Ventilator (June 11, 2004)
Mayor
Humiliated Over Access Problems (June 9, 2004)
Were S.F. Tax-Payers 'Sold A Bill Of
Goods?' (June 8, 2004)
Autopsy
Shows Assisted-Suicide Crusader Had No Cancer When She Committed Suicide (June
8, 2004)
Most Brits Don't Know
Celebs With Disabilities (June 7, 2004)
Heads Of Disability Groups Meet With Bush
Administration Officials (June 7, 2004)
Global Treaty On Disability Rights Could Be
Ready In Months (June 4, 2004)
Robert Latimer Says He Won't Seek
Clemency (June 4, 2004)
Traveler
Refuses To Pay Airline's Hefty Wheelchair Lift Fee (June 3, 2004)
Voters With Disabilities Could Alter Election
Outcome, N.O.D. President Says (June 2, 2004)
Abortions Based On Disability Are On The Rise
In Britain (June 2, 2004)
Terri Schiavo Case To Be Fast-Tracked
To Florida Supreme Court (June 2, 2004)
Supreme Court Ruling Is A Step In The
Right Direction (June 1, 2004)
May
Special Olympics
'Honeymoon' Was Short-Lived, Poll Suggests (May 28, 2004)
Athens Preps For Olympics And Paralympics
(May 28, 2004)
Port Authority
Intentionally Discriminated Against Rider, Jury Says (May 27, 2004)
Greek Cabbies Asked To Be More
Accommodating (May 27, 2004)
Terri Schiavo Family Can Have
Unsupervised Visit, Judge Greer Rules (May 27, 2004)
Appeals Court Rejects Ashcroft's Controls
Over Oregon Assisted Suicide Law (May 26, 2004)
British Groups Join Forces To Combat
"Disabilism" (May 25, 2004)
U.N.
Treaty Must Address New Issues, Chairman Says (May 24, 2004)
Deaf Passengers Get Compensation And Apology
Over Incident (May 20, 2004)
New Hampshire Council Shifts Funds From
Nursing Homes To In-Home Supports (May 20, 2004)
Terri Schiavo's Parents Still Banned
From Visits (May 18, 2004)
Justice Department Joins Trujillos In
Suit Against Condo Complex (May 14, 2004)
Appeals Court Wants Schiavo Case On
Fast Track To Supreme Court (May 14, 2004)
Some Disability Groups See Ally In
Alioto-Pier (May 14, 2004)
British
Judges Asked To Watch Their Language (May 13, 2004)
People On Waiting Lists Score Legal
Victory In Pennsylvania (May 13, 2004)
Fort Lewis Families Accuse Base Housing
Provider Of Discrimination (May 11, 2004)
Alabama Receives Kudos For
De-institutionalization Efforts, Even From Former Critics (May 11,
2004)
Disability Issues Present
Challenges For Canadian Courts (May 10, 2004)
Riverside County, Voters Sue State
Over Touch-Screen Ban (May 7, 2004)
Senate Approves Family Opportunity Act (May
6, 2004)
Judge Baird Rules
"Terri's Law" Unconstitutional (May 6, 2004)
Town's New ADA Advisory Group Already Sees
Results (May 4, 2004)
Government Sets Aside Funds For
"Income-Generating" Projects (May 3, 2004)
April
Advocates Hot Over
"Freak Show" Comments (April 30, 2004)
New York Bus Riders Sue Green Bus Lines
& Transportation Department (April 30, 2004)
Judge As Much To Blame As Terri
Schiavo's Husband (April 30, 2004)
Australian Court Rejects "Wrongful Life" Case
(April 29, 2004)
Europe Should
Legalize Euthanasia, Swiss MP Suggests (April 28, 2004)
Activists Demand Politicians Take
Notice Of Disability Issues (April 26, 2004)
Idaho Advocates File Suit Over UI Access
Issues (April 23, 2004)
Schiavo Case To Stay In Pinellas
County, Appeals Court Says (April 23, 2004)
Holocaust Museum Unveils New Eugenics
Exhibit (April 22, 2004)
Pubs,
Clubs, Restaurants Have Six Months To Become Accessible And Avoid Criminal
Charges (April 22, 2004)
Advocates Stage "Roll-In" At Penn Station
(April 22, 2004)
Demonstrators
Want State To Restore In-Home Services And Medications (April 21,
2004)
Advocates Push For U.S.
Support Of U.N. Disability Convention (April 20, 2004)
State Discriminates Against Blind Parents,
Advocacy Group Claims (April 20, 2004)
Judge Appoints Temporary Guardian For
Injured Infant (April 16, 2004)
Judge May Decide Fate Of Injured Infant
(April 15, 2004)
Catholic Hospitals
Will Respect Patients' Written Wishes (April 15, 2004)
Elections Office Urged To Strike
Offensive Language (April 14, 2004)
Local Residents Campaign Against Post
Office Closures (April 13, 2004)
Elections Officials Exclude Voters
With Down Syndrome, Assembly Member Claims (April 12, 2004)
City Council Says It Is Serious About
Inclusion (April 9, 2004)
Advocates
Worried About "Freak Show" Exhibit (April 8, 2004)
Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing On
Community-Based Services (April 7, 2004)
Advocates Call For Boycott Of "Leland"
(April 6, 2004)
Catholic
Hospitals Consider Pope's Position On Feeding Tubes (April 5, 2004)
University Program Helps Students With
Autism Succeed (April 2, 2004)
Voting Reforms Nine Years
Overdue, Advocates Claim (April 2, 2004)
Self-Advocacy Group Issues Report On
Discrimination (April 1, 2004)
Strip Club Fracas: Safety Issue Or
Self-Determination? (April 1, 2004)
Advocacy Group Urges Kyrgyz
Government To Respect Rights Of Residents At Psychiatric Facilities (April 1,
2004)
March
Senate To Hold
Hearings On Institutional Bias (March 31, 2004)
British Government "Facing Both Ways" On
'Village Communities', Advocates Claim (March 31, 2004)
Police Cite "No Reason For Concern"
Over Terri Schiavo's Puncture Marks (March 30, 2004)
Duval County Must Provide Accessible
Voting Machines, Judge Orders (March 30, 2004)
White Paper Pats China On Back For Human
Rights Progress (March 30, 2004)
Disability Activist Is Top Choice For Party
Hopes (March 29, 2004)
Alabama
Medicaid Policy Blamed For Friend's Death (March 29, 2004)
Advertising Agency Criticized For Offensive
Image (March 26, 2004)
Schindlers Ask Court To Hold
Son-in-law In Contempt (March 26, 2004)
Pope Calls Removal Of Feeding Tubes
"Immoral" (March 25, 2004)
Busy, Productive Week For ADAPT In
DC
ADAPT Marchers In DC
Demanding End To "Stolen Lives" (March 18, 2004)
Nine-year-old Advocate Pushes For
Accessible Airline Restrooms (March 17, 2004)
Judge Baird Again Denies Schindlers'
Request To Intervene In "Terri's Law" Case (March 17, 2004)
Respectful Language Victory In State of
Washington (March 16, 2004)
Demonstrators Block Traffic At Westminster
Bridge (March 16, 2004)
Community Advocates Accuse TV News
Program Of Slanting Report On Group Homes (March 15, 2004)
Hawaii "Death With Dignity" Bill Goes Down;
More Oregonians Used Law Last Year (March 10, 2004)
Doctors Violated Man's Right For Life,
European Court Rules (March 10, 2004)
Advocacy Groups Audited Polling
Places For Accessibility (March 9, 2004)
Man Can Move Out Of Nursing Home,
Appellate Court Rules (March 9, 2004)
Institution Graves Still Hidden (March 8,
2004)
Assisted Suicide Measure
Passes Hawaii House Panel (March 5, 2004)
Group Pushes To Get Young Australians Out
Of Nursing Homes (March 5, 2004)
WWII Vet Joins Les Burke In Battle For
His Right To Life (March 4, 2004)
Carson City To Become ADA Compliant -- 19
Years After Law's Passage (March 4, 2004)
Senator Kennedy Considers Suit Over Pryor
Appointment (March 1, 2004)
February
Paper
Praises Advocacy Office For Olmstead Work (Feb. 27, 2004)
Burke Takes "Right To Life" Case To High
Court (Feb. 27, 2004)
Discrimination By Airlines Must Stop,
Advocate Says (Feb. 26, 2004)
One Year Later, Community Supporters
Continue Push To Close Fernald (Feb. 25, 2004)
Patients With Learning Disabilities Are More
At Risk In General Hospitals, Study Reveals (Feb. 24, 2004)
President Bypasses Senate Democrats To
Appoint William Pryor To Judgeship (Feb. 23, 2004)
Man Fights Medical Guidelines For His
Life (Feb. 23, 2004)
Bus 'Hostage
Taker' Leads Protest On New Bus Use (Feb. 20, 2004)
Wheelchair Users Find Courthouse Has "More
Obstacles Than The Legal System" (Feb. 19, 2004)
Passengers Claim 'Rescued' Airlines Still
Discriminate (Feb. 19, 2004)
City Makes Quick Decision To Form
Disability Commission (Feb. 18, 2004)
Comedy And Disability -- A Sour Mix? (Feb.
18, 2004)
Appeals Court
Rules With Governor Bush And Schindlers On Key Decisions (Feb. 13,
2004)
Macy's Stores To
Widen Aisles Under Settlement (Feb. 13, 2004)
Congressional Lawmakers Want Civil Rights
Laws Strengthened (Feb. 12, 2004)
Decision To Close Public Toilets Is A
Mistake, Advocates Say (Feb. 12, 2004)
Bill Would Have Washington Lawmakers Watch
Their Language (Feb. 11, 2004)
Lord Mayor Compares Disability
Discrimination To Racism (Feb. 5, 2004)
Advocates Want Changes To Immigration Law
(Feb. 4, 2004)
New Disability
Commission To Make Recommendations For Eliminating Discrimination (Feb. 4,
2004)
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