Congress
Passes IDEA Reauthorization
Senator Norm Coleman announced
that the United States Senate voted unanimously to reauthorize
the bipartisan Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ... read
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Medical
Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities: An Important
Work Incentive
by Beth
Grube
Since 1999, through federal
legislation called the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement
Act, Minnesota has offered a work incentive for individuals with
disabilities who are employed ... read
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Voting
in 2004
by
Marj Schneider
The controversies surrounding
the 2000 presidential election prompted passage in 2002 of the
Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which, among its other provisions,
requires that states make polling places and the voting process
accessible to voters with disabilities ... read
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Most
Important Election of Our Time
by Mai
Thor
In the months before November,
you may have heard your families, friends or co-workers discuss
the importance this year’s election. “It is one of
the most important elections of our time,” was the phrase
used over and over again in the “get out the vote” arena ... read
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Disability "Balkanization:” Thinking
About Communities
by Lance
H. Hegland
On October
15, Courage Center hosted a conference on “The’ Balkanization'
of Disability: Examining the Disparities" for those interested
in improving disability services ... read
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The
HORRIFIED MOTHER’s Movie Reviews
by Kathy
Sanders
Help! Ever since I learned
about the moral view of disability, I’m seeing it everywhere.
It’s gotten to where I can’t watch horror movies.
Don’t get me wrong. I love to get scared out of my tree ... read
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What
Is Hepatitis C ?
Hepatitis
C virus (HCV) causes inflammation of the liver. A national survey
found that 1.8 percent of Americans, about 3.9 million, have been
infected with HCV. About 2.7 million are chronically infected and
many show no signs or symptoms ... read
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Finding
the Meaning of Meaning of Life Through Hepatitis C
by
Terri Ricci
In the book The Language
of Letting Go, Melody Beattie instills in her readers the power
of letting go and moving past the guilt and fear of living and
to begin creating a life of love and wonder. On page 312, dated
October 25 in the year of recovery, her book tells us that some
of us believe that our days are planned, divinely ordered, that
God knew how we were to live our lives and that each day transpires
exactly to that plan ... read
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