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Feb 08, 2010	Specially trained dog helps Fleetwood boy cope with symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Song helps Aidan with daily tasks such as picking up the remote control when he drops it, turning lights on and off and supporting him when he stands up after sitting on the floor.
Feb 08, 2010	Man Denied Hotel Room For Bringing Guide Dog - NewsChannel 5.com - Nashville, Tennessee - "Service animals are not pets, ever," said Lafferty. "Service animals are like wheelchairs. You wouldn't refuse somebody in a wheelchair. So, why would you refuse somebody with a service animal?"
Feb 08, 2010	Wait list grows for housing as apartments sit empty Russell needs affordable, accessible housing -- a sector that's drastically underserviced in Windsor. He's on a waiting list for affordable housing, but he's three years into the wait and his number hasn't come up yet.
Feb 08, 2010	The Daily Mail > Archives > News > Greene mental health care turns PRO New personalized services offer vocational counseling, stress tolerance and nutrition
Feb 08, 2010	Your Money - Deciding on Disability Policy Is a Numbers Game - NYTimes.com Welcome to the disability insurance funhouse, where the odds of an injury or illness that would keep you out of work for more than three months range wildly, depending on where you look for guidance.
Feb 08, 2010	Deaf patient was dying, but no one told her \| StarTribune.com The dead woman's husband settled a suit with North Memorial over the absence of interpreters.
Feb 05, 2010	TheWesternStar.com: Lifestyles \| School raises $10,000 to help make student with muscular dystrophy more mobile Staff and students at J.J. Curling Elementary School raised $10,000 to help purchase a new wheelchair-accessible van for a Grade 6 student with muscular dystrophy.
Feb 05, 2010	Interpreters capture magic of 'Wicked' for deaf students The interpreters are part of the Open Doors program, which makes performances at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts more accessible to people with disabilities.
Feb 05, 2010	Rahm Emanuel's latest gaffe points to larger issues - latimes.com He's apologized for using the word 'retarded,' but Obama's chief of staff, once seen as the perfect strategist for the job, has become a target of criticism as the White House's agenda lags.
Feb 05, 2010	Brain Development and Toxic Chemicals -- WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ 61 toxic chemicals found in human participants pose the question: What is the relationship between toxic chemicals and a rising rates of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other learning and developmental disabilities?
Feb 05, 2010	School Restraint, Seclusion Bill Clears House Committee - Disability Scoop The legislation would prohibit any use of mechanical restraints and any method that restricts a student’s breathing. Furthermore, use of any type of restraint or seclusion would only be allowed in schools when there is imminent danger and when administered by a trained staff member.
Feb 05, 2010	Defense Dept. probes Marine mental health care - washingtonpost.com The Defense Department will investigate complaints of substandard mental health care for Marines at Camp Lejeune, according to a North Carolina congressman Thursday who had asked for the probe amid reports of retaliation against a whistleblower.
Feb 05, 2010	Psychiatric diagnosis: That way, madness lies \| The Economist A new manual for diagnosing diseases of the psyche is about to be unveiled
Feb 05, 2010	Oregon Healthy Kids Plan expands \| KDRV Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski will announce the final expansion phase Friday designed to provide health care for children in three different ways: No-cost, low-cost and affordable. All plans are based on a family's income and size.
Feb 04, 2010	Groundbreaking Best Practices Manual from Major Professional Association Replaces 'Mental Retardation' with New Term 'Intellectual Disability' -- WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Publication of Intellectual Disability from the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities coincides with the introduction of new federal legislation by U.S. Senators Mikulski and Enzi called Rosa's Law.
Feb 04, 2010	Montgomery County to favor disabled job seekers - washingtonpost.com After decades of effort, advocates for the disabled in Montgomery scored a major victory Tuesday when the County Council unanimously voted to create a local-government hiring preference for people with developmental, psychiatric or severe physical disabilities.
Feb 04, 2010	Concord Monitor - Man: Disability not liability Adaptive ski program faces suit for denying access
Feb 04, 2010	Emanuel Meets With Disability Groups - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com The White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, told advocates for the disabled today that he would sign a pledge to end the use of the word ‘’retarded,’’ and promised that the administration would consider legislation to remove the word from federal law, the advocates said.
Feb 03, 2010	Daily Vanguard - Hate crime and the deaf Key to understanding Schroeder’s mission is a rejection of audism—a term he defines as “the belief that the ability to hear and speak is better than being Deaf”—and the belief that ASL is in any way less of a language than spoken languages.
Feb 03, 2010	Dare to Ask: What's the reading process like for a deaf person? \| Jacksonville.com Question: When I read or write, I hear the words in my mind. How do the deaf do it? -Lonnie, El Paso, Texas

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