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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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01/07/2009
Dog killers slash disabled woman (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
A gang stabbed a dog to death then slashed its disabled owner with a knife, police have said.
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  • AbilityPLUS, Inc. - Offers disabled adaptive skiing and recreation programs for people of all ages throughout the Northeast US. Includes events calendar, skiing programs, news, how to get involved, sponsorships, and contact information.
  • Adaptive Ski Program - Offers alpine skiing instruction for adults and children with disabilities. Provides schedule and instructor information, sign up forms, program description, related links, and message board. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • Adaptive Sports Association Durango - Offers winter adaptive skiing program including mono-ski, bi-ski, 3 and 4 track, blind, cognitive, and snowboarding. Provides rental and contact information and discounts for independent disabled skiiers not needing instruction. Located in Durango, Colorado.
  • The Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Colorado - Offers adaptive skiing and snowboarding. Provides information about types of skiing instruction, rates, dates, and contacts.
  • Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center - Adaptive skiing and riding experiences at Breckenridge Ski Resort for individuals with disabilities and special needs. Summer adaptive wilderness programs are also available.
  • Challenge Aspen - Offers a complete adaptive ski program and provides summer, as well as, winter activities. Includes information about the programs, calendar of events, sponsors, volunteers, and contacts. Located in Colorado.
  • Challenge Mountain - Offers free instruction and use of equipment to skiers with disabilities. Includes contact information, hours of operation, and directions. Located in Boyne City, Michigan.
  • Challenged Athletes of West Virginia - Information on Snowshoe WV adaptive sports program and Challenged Athletes of WV. Skiing, biking and other outdoor sports for most disabilities.
  • Colorado Discover Ability - Adaptive sports and adventures, summer and winter programs. Skiing and snowboarding for the disabled. A non-profit organization.
  • Disability Snowsport UK - With locations in Essex and Glenmore, the club promotes adaptive skiing. Includes history of the club, a list of local groups, news, gallery, schedule, sponsors, how to join, and related links.
  • Disabled Snowsports New Zealand - Provides history, newsletter, information about the team, helpers, and instructors, National Ski Week in New Zealand, and related articles in the news.
  • Discovery Blind Sports - A skiing program to provide self-sufficiency in blind and visually impaired children and adults through involvement in physical activities in Kirkwood, California.
  • The Double H Hole in the Woods Ranch - Offers an adaptive ski program for children 6-16 years of age with cancer and other blood related disorders. Located in upstate New York's Adirondack Mountains between Lake George and Lake Luzerne on the shores of Lake Vanare. Provides information on the program which is free except for transportation to the ranch.
  • Extreme Adaptive Sports - Provides stories, rant and rave section, who's who list of mono- and bi-skiers, classifieds, equipment reviews, single skiis for sale for qualified buyers, and EAS's and instructor's tips. Also a resource for handcycles, mono-ski camps, adaptive ski and resort programs, and adaptive sport programs.
  • Greek Peak Sports for the Disabled - Offers an adaptive ski program at Greek Peak Ski Resort in Virgil, New York. Includes news, information about the program, its history, volunteers, participants, awards, photos, and related links.
  • Handiconcept - Winter and summer sports activities such as skiing, paragliding, mountain biking, and trekking for physically and mentally handicapped people in a Swiss Alpine resort. In French and English.
  • Maine Handicapped Skiing - Information about the group and its programs, Ski-A-Thon schedules, the Ski-A-Thon team, ways to pledge support, photos, and related links. Headquartered at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry.
  • New England Handicapped Sports Association - Event and program calendar, news, history, adaptive equipment and techniques, and related links. Supports disabled skiing in New Hampshire.
  • New England Regional Ski for Light - Based in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Sponsor physically demanding sports including cross country skiing, hiking, canoeing, and tandem bicycle. Provides guide information, tips for the skiers, news items and archives, volunteer and donation information, related links, and contacts.
  • Ontario Track 3 Ski Association - Volunteer, non-profit Canadian organization that teaches children and youth with disabilities to down-hill ski. Provides association history, news, events, list of clubs that host the programs, photos, and schedule.
  • SitSki Gruppen Totalskidskolan - Offers an adaptive ski program in Åre, Sweden. Provides adult program details, kids camp, and information about mono-ski, skicart, and standing. Also offers an annual heliski outing for advanced skiers.
  • Ski for Light Canada - Offers cross country skiing experiences for the blind and visually impaired. Provides history, details of the annual event, newsletter, medals, and rules and commands for guiding a blind skiier.
  • Ski for Light, Inc. - A cross-country skiing program for blind, visually impaired, and mobility impaired adults that is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Provides program history, photos, information for participants, instructors, and guides, related links and clubs, events and rally results, and bulletins.
  • Skibob Association of Great Britain - Promotes adaptive skiing on ski or snow bikes. London club, forum, articles and links.
  • Sports Equipment for the Disabled - Freedom Factory builds snow ski equipment such as the RPC mono-ski, the MMTwo twin and the Snow Slider Walker for the disabled.
  • US Adaptive Recreation Center - Offers alpine ski and snowboard lessons to children and adults with virtually any disability. Includes contact and date information. Headquartered at Big Bear Mountain Resort in Big Bear Lake, California.
  • U.S. Deaf Ski and Snowboard Association - Event and trip calendars, convention news, and contacts for this organization that manages selection for the US Deaf Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing and Snowboarding teams.
  • Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports - Provides Learn to Ski and Ski Improvement programs in British Columbia for students of all ages and a variety of disabilities including amputee, cerebral palsy, brain injured, mentally challenged and visually impaired. Includes information about the group, programs offered, resorts used, student enrollment and volunteer information, and event calendar.
  • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports - News, history, events and contacts for this organization dedicated to providing sports opportunities to individuals with disabilities. Activities include skiing, snowboarding, horseback riding, dog and horse carting, water skiing, canoeing, and sailing.
  • Waterville Valley Ski Resort - Provides information about the adaptive ski program at the resort located in New Hampshire.
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