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  • Blind Dad, Blind Son, New World - People Magazine, November 02, 2009 Vol. 72 No. 18
    • "Born Sightless in India, Pandu Was a Child No One Wanted. Now Jason Fayre and His Wife, Laleña, Are Showing the 6-Year-Old They Brought Home to Colorado That Life—and Love—Have No Boundaries" - By VICKIE BANE
      

• Medicaid Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Support Programs for People with Disabilities
  • DENVER – December 15, 2009 – The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing announced today that $1.5 million has been received by the federal government to support and expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The department is working on the project in collaboration with the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and several community-based organizations.
    
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    MIG Received to Support Programs for People with Disabilities
    
    
    
• President Obama announces new initiatives during National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Read More
  
  
  
• Rosa's Law Introduced in Senate; Would Remove Term of "Mental Retardation"
  Rosa's Law, a bill that will eliminate the terms "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded" from the federal law books, has been introduced in the Senate. These now slang terms have insulting meanings and yet are still commonly used in legislation including the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. Under the proposed legislation, those terms would be replaced with "intellectual disability" and "individual with an intellectual disability" in federal education, health and labor laws. The bill does not expand or diminish services, rights or educational opportunities.
  
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