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Those of you in the Nation who have been advocating for years for closer examination of the financial picture relating to funding and operations of institutions and nursing homes probably know this. However, for the benefit of everyone else I want to make a point of identifying just how much of an economic engine locking away our brothers and sisters with disabilities has become for states across the country. In this case, its the state of Kentucky and an all to common problem. Housing people with disabilities in institutions generates revenue and jobs for areas where both are extremely hard to come by.

Last week it was reported that the National Federation of the Blind, NFB, had reached a settlement in its suit against Target Stores Inc. THe case has been going on for a few years now and, while the end result promises blind people greater access to Target's web site, the longer term impact on access to other sites in cyber space remains cloudy at best.