February Edition

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	‘Wrecking Ball’ Aimed at Medicare Commentary “President Bush’s proposed cuts to Medicare would hurt older and disabled Americans and take a wrecking ball to many essential hospitals across the country ... read more about medicare >
	Bagdad Atrocities on People with Disabilities Condemned The National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC) and the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) condemned the use of individuals with Down syndrome by terrorists ... read more about bagdad >
	Virginia Joins Respectful Language Movement How support grew to ban ‘retarded’ from state books Erin Thompson lives with Down syndrome, but she refuses to use the “R” word. She and others want the state of Virginia to follow suit ... read more about movment >
	Blaine Student Wins Human Rights Art Contest A student from Blaine was honored recently as the winner of the Human Rights Day poster contest in the Grades 9-12 category. The winner, Chandra ... read more about the contest >
	Living with Pain Grad of Courage Center program uses variety of coping skills Access Press first introduced Julian Coffman back in October 2006 [Painfully Closed] as he waited to attend the Courage Center’s pain clinic. Since then ... read more about pain >
	Lucas v. Kmart Colorado native Carrie Ann Lucas challenged a retail giant in a ground-breaking disabilities access case and won ... read more about the case >
	Unconditional Friendship Being friends with Hope Hoffman has taught my daughter, Naomi, patience, inclusion and anonymity. Patience when all of their classmates run out of the room for recess ... read more about friendship >
	Operation Confidence Helps Job Seekers Look Good Consuella Mackey had an epiphany nearly 30 years ago when she discovered first-hand the connection between good looks and social success ... read more about looking good >
	MN’s Disability History Exhibit Tours Hungary Last March, St. Paul-based Advocating Change Together (ACT) was approached by the Hungarian Eotvos Larand University asking for translation rights ... read more about the exhibit >
	Being Disabled in an Uninformed World Web Sightings: Five Web favorites from Access Press staff What are your favorite disability-related video clips? With this new feature, we will present a handful of recently-discovered informative or entertaining disability-related Web sites ... read more about favorites >
	Disability: A Social Construct Commentary No one ever calls himself or herself racist, bigoted, small-minded or ignorant. Those are titles you give to others while looking into their narrow perspective and sighing ... read more about construct >
	Disability Viewpoints February schedule ... read more about what's coming up >
	Still Living in Institutions Which states still have institutions housing people with developmental disabilities? States with and without institutions ... read more about institutions >

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