Team Wake Up: Software for Disability at Imagine Cup 2012 - Wired News

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[**Team Wake Up: Software for **Disability** at Imagine Cup 2012**][2]
**Wired News**
Team Wake Up are heading from Peru this week, all the way to Sydney, Australia to compete in the the 2012 Imagine Cup. I had the chance to have a chat to the team before they headed off about their motivations and expectations.

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$140K available Funding to benefit Vermonters with developmental disabilities - Brattleboro Reformer

[**$140K available Funding to benefit Vermonters with developmental **disabilities****][1]
**Brattleboro Reformer**
Monday July 2, 2012 BRATTLEBORO -- The Vermont Developmental **Disabilities** Council has made $140000 available in funding for agencies that aim to improve the lives of Vermonters and their families.

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DPM crafting national disability policy - The Swazi Observer

[**DPM crafting national **disability** policy**][1]
**The Swazi Observer**
"This has proved to be of mutual benefit in the sense that the institution has not been set up in vain whilst on the other hand needs of children with **disabilities** are also being met. As you may be aware, autism is one of the many types of **disabilities** **...**

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MND Brief: Louisiana List of wheelchair and walker friendly parks and businesses:

Hey, Wheelchaired public:

Another Tourism Spot to be noted!

[_**visit the wheelchair friendly Louisiana Coast!**_][1]

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Fontainebleau State Park

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Teen with Disability Overcomes Embarrassment - Rocklin and Roseville Today

[**Teen with **Disability** Overcomes Embarrassment**][1]
**Rocklin and Roseville Today**
Teen with **Disability** Overcomes Embarrassment. Listen up: If you're a teenager with a **disability**, 25-year-old Zachary Fenell of Cleveland, Ohio, has a special message for you.

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Employer learns bipolarism is ADA-disability protected - Business Management Daily

[**Employer learns bipolarism is ADA-**disability** protected**][1]
**Business Management Daily**
If you think the American with **Disabilities** Act only covers workers with physical **disabilities**, think again. According to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a female employee of a Maryland auto dealership disclosed her **...**

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Counties take regional approach to mental health, disabilities - The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines

[**Counties take regional approach to mental health, **disabilities****][1]
**The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines**
Counties are expected to merge their programs into new regional authorities by July 1.
[County joins region for mental health, **disability** services][2]New Hampton Tribune

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