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April 3, 2013

Buying Off Discontent: The Economic Wreckage of Disability …

You lose the factory job you've had since high school due to cut-backs. When the unemployment runs out, the only jobs around for high school graduates are fast food joints and entry-level work – a huge pay cut

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January 15, 2013

Teacher with child phobia sues school for disability discrimination …

A high school French teacher in Ohio has sued her district, contending that her reassignment to a school that has elementary students constituted disability discrimination because she has a phobic fear of young children.

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November 4, 2012

Developmental disability fair planned in Hanover | Richmond Times …

A conference and resource fair on life after high school for people with developmental disabilities will be held Saturday at the Hanover Production Plant of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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October 2, 2012

Disabled varsity soccer player wants "to be seen as an equal"

The video of high school soccer player Nico Calabria’s first varsity goal has over one million hits on YouTube. What makes it so appealing is he only has one leg. Jim Axelrod reports that despite the disability, Calabria just wants to be seen as an equal.

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August 24, 2012

Breaking Barriers: The Disability Rights Movement in Russia …

When I first crossed the doorstep of an American high school as a 17-year-old new immigrant from Russia, my jaw dropped – kids in wheelchairs were playing tag in the wide hall, a cute teen-age couple was communicating …

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May 31, 2012

Graduating means more than a diploma

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Graduating means more than a diploma.

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May 18, 2012

Suit: Athletes With Disabilities Unlawfully Excluded – Disability Scoop

A lawsuit filed this week in Illinois alleges that the state's high school athletic association is violating the rights of students with disabilities by barring them from competition.

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May 3, 2012

Student with disability asks to play sports | Sports – Home

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19-year-old with Down syndrome has asked Michigan lawmakers to side with him in his efforts to retain his high school sports eligibility next …

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