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		<title>&#8216;Pennhurst Asylum&#8217; attraction opens in former Pa. institution</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/09/25/pennhurst-haunted-house-30145/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Delaware County [Pa.] Daily Times, AP, with historic photos from Philly.com: Pennsylvania&#8217;s historic Pennhurst Center, once the focus of landmark litigation that sparked nationwide changes in treatment for people with intellectual disabilities, opened last night as a Halloween-themed haunted house attraction over the protests of disability rights advocates. Advocates had unsuccessfully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hingsburger on &#8216;R-word&#8217;: &#8216;Tremble when you say it&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disability advocate Dave Hingsburger uses Jennifer Aniston&#8217;s recent gaffe (calling herself a &#8220;retard&#8221; during a televised interview)  as an opportunity to examine the word&#8217;s implications in modern society. His conclusion: The word is an unacceptable attack on a group of people who have historically been marginalized, stigmatized and oppressed. An excerpt: The people who &#8216;ARE&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy group protests Emmy nod for &#8216;Down Syndrome Girl&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family Guy musical number was nominated in &#8220;Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics&#8221; category Source: Letter from the National Down Syndrome Congress Members of the Self Advocate Council of the National Down Syndrome Congress this week sent a letter protesting the Emmy award nomination given recently to &#8220;Down Syndrome Girl,&#8221; a musical number that appeared this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Longmore helped establish disability study as academic field</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/17/longmore-la-times-obit-30012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an obituary, the Los Angeles Times, describes Paul K. Longmore as a major founder of the field of disability studies, and says he helped establish it as a field of academic research and teaching. Longmore died August 9 at the age of 64. &#8220;He devoted his life to making this a better and more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul K. Longmore, disability advocate and historian, was 64</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph Shapiro, writing on NPR&#8217;s &#8216;Shots&#8217; health blog, salutes the legacy of disability advocate, scholar and historian Paul K. Longmore, who died Monday at the age of 64. Longmore was a professor of history and director of the Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University. He lived with complications of polio contracted when he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi heckled by disability activists</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/06/09/pelosi-heckled-activists-29706/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dana Milbank in the Washington Post;  Politico.com, CBS News: When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attempted to address a progressive conference in Washington Tuesday, her speech was disrupted by the raucous and sustained shouts of angry protesters. Among the loudest were disability rights advocates fighting for passage of the Community Choice Act. The measure would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asner, parents lash pending special ed cutbacks in LA</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/30/asner-parents-lash-pending-special-ed-cutbacks-in-la-29503/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times: Actor Ed Asner was among a group of 200 parents and advocates who turned out at Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters this week to criticize expected cuts to special education programs. The cuts will reverse progress for students with disabilities, they said. Asner, whose grandchild receives special education services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of disability advocates rally at Kansas statehouse</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/28/hundreds-of-disability-advocates-rally-at-kansas-statehouse-29371/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Topeka Capital-Journal,  AP/ABC News: An estimated 600 people with disabilities and their allies rallied at the Kansas state Capitol Wednesday in a show of support for social services and higher taxes, saying legislators have a responsibility to protect people who are vulnerable. Hours later, an opposing group of about 300 rallied against tax hikes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>91 ADAPT protesters arrested at White House</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/27/91-adapt-arrested-29327/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AP/USA Today, ABC News, Politico.com,  Washington Post: Authorities say they have arrested 91 people who gathered at the White House, many in wheelchairs, to protest what they termed the administration&#8217;s failure to provide sufficient support for the Community Choice Act. The legislation would allow people with long-term disabilities to use federal funding to pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;American Idol&#8217; contestant builds awareness for Tourette&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/23/american-idol-tourettes-29303/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freelancer Anne Miller, writing in the Washington Post, says &#8216;American Idol&#8217; contestant Dave Pittman is part of of a rising movement of people with Tourette&#8217;s syndrome who are putting a public face on the disorder. Pittman, a singer from Arkansas, performed a four-minute audition on national television earlier this year but failed to make it [...]]]></description>
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