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Door County hit-and-run driver sentenced to 10 years
Newsradio 620
(AP) -- A Door County man convicted of causing the hit-and-run death of a man in a wheelchair has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Forty-year-old Mark Alan Sperber of Forestville was convicted of colliding with the wheelchair of 20-year-old John ...

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NorthernLife.ca
St. Joseph's purchases new 'fleet'
NorthernLife.ca
Some of the 34 new wheelchairs recently purchased by St. Joseph's Continuing Care Centre. Supplied photo. St. Joseph's Continuing Care Centre recently purchased a “fleet” of 34 new wheelchairs with funds provided by the St. Joseph's Foundation of ...

Warning over disability service funding cuts
RTE.ie
Families of school leavers with intellectual disabilities say they are worried over the provision of day service closures due to cutbacks in the latest HSE Service Plan. The Minister of State with responsibility for Disability has said there will be no ...

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Lawn Tennis Association
Wheelchair tennis showcased at GB's Davis Cup tie
Lawn Tennis Association
Four of Britain's top wheelchair tennis players showcased their skills as they put on a demonstration at Great Britain's Davis Cup tie at Braehead Arena. Scottish duo Reid and Simpson joined forces to take on their English counterparts McCarroll and ...

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Families get vocal about plans to hand over human service programs to non ...
Chambersburg Public Opinion
By Jim Hook, Staff writer Concerned parent: Diane Campbell, standing, addresses a panel gathered to discuss the county's proposal to switch from a county-run agency for mental health/intellectual disabilities to a non-profit.

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Disability plan stalls over cost
The Australian
PROGRESS towards a no-fault national disability insurance scheme has stalled amid a standoff between the Gillard government and two state Coalition governments over whether start-up funding will be allocated in the May federal budget.

Disability strategy consultation
Doncaster Today
disabled people can have their say about the Government's new Disability Strategy at a consultation. All disabled people and anyone who makes a difference to disabled people's lives are invited to join in the consultation at South Yorkshire Centre for ...

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Pakistan stop England in disability Twenty20 match
gulfnews.com
By KR Nayar, Chief Cricket Writer Dubai: Defying all odds and disabilities Pakistan and England produced exhilarating cricket at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Global Cricket Academy ground on Saturday evening. Through a well fought contest, ...

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North State at Work: Most employers must provide pregnancy disability leave
Record-Searchlight
If you have five or more full-time or part-time employees, you must make pregnancy disability leave available to your employees. Even if you employ less than five employees, you should consult legal counsel before terminating a pregnant employee.

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MSU points to progress in handicapped access
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Twenty-two years since passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Montana State University campus still presents some barriers to people with physical handicaps. A student in a wheelchair can't meet with MSU's president or provost in their ...

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Disability Resources Inc. Hosts 23rd Annual Celebrity Hunting Fundraiser
KTXS
All the proceeds from the hunting event goes to support Disability Resource Incorporated. The organization has been pairing up with famous faces to help the mentally disabled achieve their full potential for more than two decades.
Actor Marshall Teague is just another hunter at annual quail huntReporterNews.com

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Austin American-Statesman
Jill Kinmont Boothe, ski champ who didn't let disability slow her down, dies ...
Washington Post
After graduating from UCLA with a degree in German and English, she applied to the university's school of education and was rejected because of her disability, she later said. Determined to further her education, she moved north with her parents, ...
Jill Kinmont BootheSTLtoday.com
Jill Kinmont Boothe dies at 75; ski champ disabled in crash became role modelLos Angeles Times

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Man allegedly dumped out of his wheelchair
UPI.com
11 (UPI) -- A Florida man who called police about trespassers on his property was charged with assaulting a disabled man and overturning his wheelchair, police said. Bradley Oberding, 30, of Fort Myers denied the assault, WINK-TV in Fort Myers reported ...
Man dumped disabled man out of wheelchair, cops saySun-Sentinel

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The Guardian
Five years in a budget hotel because my husband uses a wheelchair
The Guardian
Angela Brighton spent her 26th wedding anniversary packing up her family's belongings before returning to the budget hotel where she, her wheelchair-using husband, Mark, and their three sons have lived for the last four and a half years.

Letters | Sunday, Feb. 12
Kansas City Star
Attempting to force developmental disabilities long-term care services into managed care is the epitome of forcing a square peg into a round hole. Developmental disability long-term care services are a bad fit for managed care.

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Springettsbury Township engineer aims to improve functionality of wheelchairs
York Daily Record
By LEIGH ZALESKI Paul Nagelkerke, who moved to Springettsbury Township from Vancouver, British Columbia, is building a wheelchair-accessible ATV that he aims to have manufactured for people with physical disabilities. He says current indoor and outdoor ...

The Bay Citizen (blog)
Doctor Accused of $1.2 Million Medicare Wheelchair Fraud
NBC Bay Area
The wheelchairs and accessories were prescribed for Medicare patients 'who did not need them and in many cases, did not even want them,' the indictment alleges. The five defendants are each accused in a federal grand jury indictment of one count of ...
SF Doctor Accused of $1.2 Million Medicare Wheelchair FraudThe Bay Citizen (blog)

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PISE to host Canadian wheelchair rugby intrasquad
Victoria Times Colonist
Fans have an opportunity to see the nation's top wheelchair rugby players as the Canadian side will play its red and black game today at 2 pm at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence. The public is invited to the exhibition game, free of charge, ...
Canadian Wheelchair Rugby National Team Faces off in Exhibition GameIsland Sports News

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Bath Half veteran will take to his wheelchair again
This is Bath
A veteran runner who was told to hang up his trainers after a car crash is taking part in the Bath Half Marathon in his wheelchair. Alan Phillips, 70, of Oldfield Park, has run the race 14 times, and loves the atmosphere. However, his passion was dealt ...

Disability can lead to rule exemption
Charlotte Observer
But your question presents a common issue: What action can or should an HOA take to accommodate someone with a disability? A similar situation that I see frequently is when an owner requests the installation of a wheelchair ramp to allow access to the ...