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UnitingCare Disability grant to expand services
Anne Hewitt and Emma Coghlan from UnitingCare Disabilities. The inner west service got a grant to help disabled people be more independent. CARLY EARL LIVING independently will be easier for 10 more inner west people with a disability.
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School districts reeling from a cut in federal funding for special ed students
At that time, the federal government sent about $ 37 million to schools in order to offset costs for children with recognized disabilities. The next year, Maine received just $ 7.7 million in Medicaid reimbursements, representing an 80 percent drop …
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Disabled people in Bolivia on the march in quest for equality
A group of disabled people in Bolivia is walking 1400km, from Trinidad to La Paz – a route taking in both tropical climates and snow-capped mountains – to demand state benefits and an end to discrimination. "We are asking for a law that gives us …
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Mom Claims Doctor Won't Recommend Transplant Because Daughter is Mentally …
… she and her husband allegedly had with a doctor at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The doctor told them that he would not recommend a kidney transplant for their young daughter because she is mentally disabled, Chrissy Rivera said.
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