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August 30, 2009
The Des Moines Register
‘Tsunami’ of disability claims looms, congressional adviser predicts

August 30, 2009
The Oxford (Ohio) Press
Unemployed pushing out disabled residents for jobs

August 29, 2009
CNN
Commentary: Kennedy a champion for disability rights

August 28, 2009
Huffington Post
At Sestak Town Hall, Disability Activists Draw Their Own Red Line on Long-Term Care Funding

August 21, 2009
NBC 17 (Raleigh, N.C.)
People With Disabilities Work Towards Independence

August 19, 2009
CNN
How health reform might affect people with disabilities

August 17, 2009
The Washington Post
Age-Old Problem, Perpetually Absent Solution: Fitting Special Education to Students’ Needs

August 17, 2009
The Florida Times Union
Jacksonville volunteers look for handicap parking violators

August 14, 2009
The Salt Lake Tribune
Disabled children need spiritual nurturing, LDS moms say

August 13, 2009
Fox News
New York Residents With Disabilities Outraged by ‘Retard’ Comment at County Meeting

August 12, 2009
The Washington Times
Disaster plans leave disabled behind

August 10, 2009
National Public Radio
Director Max Mayer On ‘Adam’ And Asperger’s

August 10, 2009
The New York Times
Disabled Students Are Spanked More

August 4, 2009
The Huffington Post
Signs of Progress: Honesty About Children with Disabilities

August 3, 2009
The New York Times
Asperger’s Syndrome, on Screen and in Life

July, 2009
Governing
The Costliest Ride

July 30, 2009
ProPublica
Obama Hedges on Mandatory Community Services

July 30, 2009
The American Prospect
Should Disability Funding Be Part of Health Reform?

July 21, 2009
NBC Bay Area
The Faces of California’s Budget Cuts

July 16, 2009
Salon
Who you calling a “midget”?

July 12, 2009
The New York Times
Veterans Affairs Faces Surge of Disability Claims

July 8, 2009
The New York Times
Editorial: Fair Pay for Caregivers

July 8, 2009
University of Washington
Mothers of Children with Autism have Higher Parental Stress, Psychological Distress

July 7, 2009
National Public Radio
Obama Backs Helping Hand For Long-Term Care

June 21, 2009
ProPublica
Nursing Homes Get Old for Many With Disabilities

June 18, 2009
ABC News
AMA Objects to Calling Obesity a Disability

May 29, 2009
U.S. News & World Report
Neighborhood Safety is Linked to Disability

April/May 2009
New Urban News
Common ground found for urbanism and the disabled

March 9, 2009
KENS 5 (San Antonio)
I-Team : Stranded at the pump follow-up

NPR Story Corps
A Teacher Transforms the Life of a Man Born with Rare Bone Disorder