The Texas Tribune
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Texas educators forcibly pinned down students with disabilities as many times in 2009 as they did in 2008, despite efforts to curb the practice in public schools.
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The Times of Trenton (N.J.)
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Special-education mediation is an alternative to litigation
Disputes between parents of students with disabilities and school districts occur frequently. In the area of school law, special-education lawsuits are numerous. For both parties, the monetary and emotional costs of litigation are high and the benefit to students with disabilities dubious.
NBC 17 (Raleigh-Durham, N.C.)
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Raleigh Considers Charging Disabled Drivers To Park
In about two weeks the City of Raleigh will begin installing new pay stations for parking spaces downtown, which could mean changes for disabled parkers.
The Brockton (Mass.) Enterprise
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Randolph musician proves disability is no barrier to success
Today, DeBlois, 36, plays 22 instruments, and has been performing professionally since he was 9. He leads an improvisational jazz ensemble, and has made six CDs.
The Washington Post
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OPM official Griffin emphasizes workplace diversity
As a woman who uses a wheelchair, Christine Griffin knows a thing or two about discrimination in the workplace.
ESPN
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When the first-ever Adaptive SnoCross is held in Aspen at Winter X 14, it will be the third X Games competition designed for disabled action sports athletes. Mono Skier X, which became a full medal event in 2007, was the first and last summer saw Super X Adaptive (motocross) gain medal status as well. While all three are distinct, they share important traits not just with each other but with every X Games competition — specifically, they require a delicate balance of skill, courage, and showmanship.
The Portland Oregonian
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Dog helps stabilize autistic boy’s life, but Hillsboro school says not in the classroom
Every day, Scooter Givens tries to hit his third-grade classmates and instructors at Patterson Elementary where he attends class for children with severe autism.
The Shreveport (La.) Times
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Clinic helps wheelchair athletes’ skills
Shooting a basketball can be difficult. But for the young men and women who participated in the wheelchair basketball clinic Saturday in south Shreveport, that might seem like the smallest of hurdles.
The Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman Review
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Ill teen fights for Social Security
Jacob Walk is blind in his right eye and deaf in his left ear, and chances are he’ll eventually lose all sight and hearing.
The New York Times
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George Kramer sat hunched on his stool behind the counter of the small hardware store on Coney Island Avenue, gazing out the window at the passing traffic. He was bundled up in a heavy sweater, a maroon wool cap folded above his ears. Toward the back of the store, beyond Mr. Kramer’s field of vision, Isaac Abraham was rifling through a cabinet. Mr. Abraham, the store’s owner for many years, knows Mr. Kramer about as well as anybody, and he was about to give a demonstration.