Via Newswire
WASHINGTON, Sept 25, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — Landmark Disability Legislation Reverses Supreme Court Decisions
The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the largest cross-disability membership organization in the U.S., commends the signing into law of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Thursday by President George W. Bush.
“Today President Bush has followed in his [...]

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via Gimp Girl
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VIA GoBlueRidge.net
Written by Adam Hicks
A free workshop series will be offered to entrepreneurs in the High Country starting next month.
Watauga County, the Appalachian Regional Development Institute, and other partners have joined together to promote entrepreneurship and small business development.
The program is called the Watauga Entrepreneur Development Partnership, or W.E.D.P. and is designed to develop a [...]

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VIA The New York Times
By ROBERT PEAR
Published: September 17, 2008
WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval on Wednesday to a major civil rights bill, expanding protections for people with disabilities and overturning several recent Supreme Court decisions.
The voice vote in the House, following Senate passage by unanimous consent last week, clears the bill for President Bush.
The [...]

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VIA ABA Journal & Reuters
By Debra Cassens Weiss
The Senate passed a bill yesterday to expand workplace protections for people with disabilities.
The legislation is similar to a bill passed in June by the House, Reuters reports. Minor differences between the two bills are expected to be ironed out quickly so a final version can be sent [...]

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via sports.espn.go.com
By Amy Rosewater
Special Correspondent to ESPN.com
On Sept. 4, 1993, the baseball world was celebrating Jim Abbott’s no-hitter for the New York Yankees against the Cleveland Indians.
“The things I remember most visibly about that game obviously, were the moments right after it happened,” Abbott said in a recent telephone interview. “It was like being [...]

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From the Skoll Foundation:
“Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.”
~ Bill Drayton, CEO, chair and founder of Ashoka, a global nonprofit organization devoted to developing the profession of social entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs are essential drivers of innovation [...]

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