Milestones Apr. 26, 2004
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DIED. HENRY VISCARDI JR., 91, a leading campaigner for jobs for the disabled; in Roslyn, N.Y. Born with withered stumps for legs, he worked his way through law school and was employed as a tax clerk when a doctor fitted him with artificial legs that added 2 ft. to his natural 3 ft. 8 in. After working with amputees during World War II and at the urging of Eleanor Roosevelt, he started Abilities, Inc., a nonprofit job-placement group, in 1952. Three groups founded by Viscardi merged in 1991 to create the National Center for Disability Services.
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