01/08/2009
Disabled Girl Missing in Manassas (NBC Washington)
Police in Prince William County are looking for a developmentally disabled 13-year-old girl last seen at about noon Wednesday.
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01/08/2009
NJ lawmaker: Cut 5 institutions for disabled (Daily Record)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A powerful state lawmaker is proposing that New Jersey eliminate five of its seven state-run institutions for the developmentally disabled.
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01/08/2009
VA seeks more disabled vets in workforce (Fort Leavenworth Lamp)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Veterans Affairs will be increasing the number of disabled veterans positions in its workforce in 2009. Thirty percent of VA employees are veterans and nearly 8 percent of those employees are service-connected disabled veterans.
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01/08/2009
Disabled people plead for funds (The Wichita Eagle)
For people with disabilities, a state program providing home care can be the difference between living at home and living in a nursing home surrounded by people much older. In addition, helping people stay in their homes saves government money and creates jobs. Those were the arguments that disabled people and their advocates brought to state lawmakers Wednesday, as they pleaded for someone ...
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01/08/2009
Uganda: Disabled Get 92 Wheelchairs (AllAfrica.com)
Kampala — THE Masaka and Mengo Rotary clubs and the Wheelchair Foundation have donated 92 wheelchairs worth sh32m to disabled persons' in Masaka district.
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01/08/2009
Disabled woman slashed by gang (Lancashire Evening Post)
Four men have been arrested after a disabled woman was repeatedly slashed in her back garden beside her dead dog, police said.
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01/07/2009
Disabled people plead with legislators for support (The Wichita Eagle)
Disabled people and advocates for them pleaded with lawmakers today to do something to alleviate a funding crunch that has frozen new applications for services to help the disabled stay in their homes. Greg Cryer, a 46-year-old man who uses a wheelchair because of amputations and blood clots, said there's no way he could continue to live on his own without the 23 hours of aide time he receives ...
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01/07/2009
Region VIII, Biloxi apartment unfair to disabled woman (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
HUD has charged the Mississippi Region VIII Housing Authority, Sun Belt Management Co., and Oakridge Park Apartments in Biloxi with denying a first-floor apartment to disabled resident Mary Waltman in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act.
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01/07/2009
Medication stolen from a disabled man (KXAN 36 Austin)
A disabled man was leaving a CVS in North Austin when another man stole his medication right out of his hands.
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01/07/2009
Unity Bus Driver Charged With Sexually Assaulting Disabled Women (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
Police have charged a Westmoreland County bus driver they said sexually molested six mentally disabled female passengers over a three-year period.
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