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Disability News NowParents of Special-Education Students Air Frustrations | Willamette WeekBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Sep 02, 2010. In response to significant reductions in Portland Public Schools’ special-education department, concerned parents met with school-district administrators downtown last night for a two-hour, kvetching-and-answer session.Oregon Insurers Double Profits From Last Year | The Lund ReportBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Sep 02, 2010. Shedding members, padding surplus and increasing profits continuedRegal, AMC, Showcase to add technology for sight and hearing impaired - Plymouth, MA - Wicked Local PlymouthBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Sep 02, 2010. As the nation celebrates the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), hearing and visually impaired residents of Massachusetts will gain greater accessibility to movie theaters through a settlement reached between Attorney General Martha Coakley and the three largest movie theater chains in the commonwealth.Wyden Pushing For Oregon Waiver From Health Care Law, Individual Mandate | huffingtonpost.comBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Sep 01, 2010. One of the most innovative voices in the health care debate, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), is accelerating the process of exempting his state from some of the national reforms passed under President Barack Obama.Swimmer sends message as she crosses open waters | portlandtribune.comBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Sep 01, 2010. As president of the Karen Gaffney Foundation, she works to promote the inclusion of folks with developmental disabilities in schools, workplaces and the community, and has raised money for such groups as the Down Syndrome Foundation. But she’s never far from her first love, swimming, and works out 90 minutes a day at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland.Oregon budget crisis foretells layoffs | statesmanjournal.comBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Sep 01, 2010. State agencies will submit proposals for cuts to reach a target estimated at 8 percent of their spending from the tax-supported general fund for the nine months (starting Oct. 1) remaining in the current budget cycle. Proposals will be gathered by state budget officials and posted online; Gov. Ted Kulongoski will review them. The Legislative Emergency Board is scheduled to meet Sept. 22-23 and could make some changes.Agent Orange cases may cost billions moreBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Sep 01, 2010. Because of a possible link to Agent Orange, about 270,000 Vietnam War veterans - more than a quarter of the 1 million receiving disability checks - are being compensated for diabetes, according to Department of Veterans Affairs records.The Campbell Case: Reactions to the Recommendation for Firing Frashour | Willamette Week | Tuesday, August 31st, 2010By disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Aug 31, 2010. News that the Portland police Use of Force Review Board recommended firing Officer Ronald Frashour for the fatal shooting of Aaron Campbell was met with cautious praise from activists today.Oregon Guard suit against KBR goes forward on hexavalent chromium exposure | OregonLive.comBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Aug 31, 2010. The decision makes the federal court in Portland the apex of a legal battle that stretches from Oregon to West Virginia, and from Indiana to Texas, over who is responsible for exposing American soldiers to a known cancer-causing chemical early in the Iraq war.Class Action by Disabled Employees Against the Social Security Administration Will Go Forward -- PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31 /PRNewswireBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Aug 31, 2010. The action alleges that the Social Security Administration discriminates against employees with targeted disabilities by creating a glass ceiling and limiting promotions and other career advancement opportunities. The certified class includes all current and former employees with targeted disabilities at the Social Security Administration who, on or after August 22, 2005, have applied for promotions, appeared on a best qualified list and been denied promotion opportunities.The Associated Press: Disability issues bring $500K penalty for AirTranBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Aug 31, 2010. The government said the airline had violated rules governing assistance given to passengers during boarding, and that it frequently failed to provide an adequate written response to passenger complaints. The airline also failed to properly categorize disability complaints in reports it filed with the government.Rogue Valley deaf community says new technology can help them communicate | MailTribune.comBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Aug 30, 2010. Deaf community in Rogue Valley promotes video remote interpreting technology to ease communicationDisabled refugees face loss of Social Security benefits - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.comBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Aug 30, 2010. Thousands of foreign refugees, including many Cubans, are scheduled to lose Social Security disability aid in less than two months because they have not become citizens.The bill for Agent Orange comes due - David Rogers - POLITICO.comBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Aug 30, 2010. Age and Agent Orange are closing in on Vietnam veterans, a legacy of hurt for those who served — and a very big bill for American taxpayers. It’s a world turned upside down from decades ago when returning soldiers had to fight to get attention for deadly lymphomas linked to the herbicide. Now the frailties of men in their 60s — prostate cancer, diabetes, heart disease — lead the list of qualified Agent Orange disabilities, and the result has been an explosion in claims and the government’s liability. The latest expansion, approved by Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki in October, adds ischemic heart disease and Parkinson’s and will cost at least $42 billion over the next 10 years. The VA estimates 349,000 individuals are already receiving Agent Orange disability benefits, and that number could soon reach 500,000 — or one out of every four surviving Vietnam veterans by the VA’s count.Appeals court allows autism helper dog in class - chicagotribune.comBy disabilitynewsnow from Delicious/tag/dro_disability. Published on Aug 30, 2010. An Illinois appeals court has agreed to allow a central Illinois student to keep his autism helper dog in school.Document Actions
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