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WASHINGTON - He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting — a blazing orange sun she drew a few years after the tragedy. It is the only splash of color in his tiny K Street office and it gives him great joy, and a stab of sorrow.

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NEWS FROM THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
For immediate release
May 9, 2008
Contact:  Jon Ebelt, Public Information Officer, DPHHS, 406-444-0936
               Kevin Brown, Paoli & Brown, Attorneys for Geri Glass, 406-222-4420
 
 
DPHHS Settles Disability Discrimination Case
 
The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and Livingston resident Geri Glass jointly announced today that they reached […]

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What is a pillow angel? Is is a person who has cerebral palsy or another disability who can only lay on their pillow all day. Or at least that is the thinking behind the parents of Ashley X when they called their daughter and others like her that. 

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What would you do if you needed immediate medical assistance and the emergency dispatcher could not understand your address?

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A life is held in the balance. A woman needs a feeding tube to stay alive. Sound familiar? Lauren Richardson is alive. Her father wants to bring her home to care for her. He has a very important reason - he is raising the daughter Lauren gave birth too after she acquired her TBI.

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Helping Disabled Parents Connect With Their Kids
published January 16th, 2008 in Lagrange (GA) Daily News Online @ http://www.lagrangenews.com/ara/technology/1167.txt.
(ARA) - Ask any parent and they’re sure to tell you it’s hard to keep up with their kids. If they’re one of the millions of parents in the United States who use a wheelchair

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When we think of the disability rights movement, many of us automatically think of leaders such as Justin Dart and Wade Blank. We conjure up images of the masses blocking buses to gain access, the signing of the ADA and legislation such as IDEA and 504, celebrating the Olmstead Decision, the fight for appropriate mental […]

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The first time Sabreena Westphal went to court to try to keep her children, she became a celebrity.
Suffering from Living with cerebral palsy and unable to walk or fully use her arms, she was still determined to care for her two young sons.

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