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		<title>First degree murder verdict in case of student with Asperger&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/29/murder-aspergers-29414/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Odgren faces life in prison From the Boston Globe, WHDH-TV A jury has found 19-year-old John Odgren guilty of first degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a fellow student three years ago in their suburban Massachusetts high school, rejecting arguments that Odgren was legally insane at the time of the crime. He now faces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Narrators, characters with autism add something extra</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As people with autism spectrum disorders take a more prominent place in society, Los Angeles Times reviewer Sonja Bolle finds a crop of books for kids and young adults that explore their world. These books can help, she says, by perhaps giving us all a better sense of the variety of human experience. Among her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ne&#8217;eman nomination blocked; Autism views spark controversy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: A parliamentary hold has been placed on the nomination of autism self-advocate Ari Ne&#8217;eman to the National Council on Disability amid a growing controversy about his views. President Obama&#8217;s seven other nominees to the council were confirmed by the Senate this month. Ne&#8217;eman, 22, has a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV shows feature characters with Asperger&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/01/tv-shows-aspergers-28660/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Sepinwall, [Newark] Star-Ledger NBC&#8217;s new drama &#8220;Parenthood,&#8221; premiering Tuesday night, features a family whose son is diagnosed with Asperger&#8217;s syndrome. It&#8217;s among an increasing number of television shows that are trying to depict characters with the disorder, and is one of the first to acknowledge the diagnosis. An excerpt: &#8230; the storyline &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temple Grandin explains it all</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/20/temple-grandin-explains-28343/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a wide-ranging interview with the Wall Street Journal, Temple Grandin shares some of the insights she&#8217;s gained as &#8220;easily the most famous autistic woman in the world.&#8221; Among the nuggets: &#8211; Parents should not stop vaccinating kids because of autism fears, although they might space out the vaccinations. &#8211; She&#8217;s not convinced that autism&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could removal of Asperger&#8217;s diagnosis limit special ed access?</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/12/aspergers-special-ed-27982/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Larry Abramson on National Public Radio: A proposal by the American Psychiatric Association to include the diagnosis of Asperger&#8217;s syndrome within the broader autism spectrum could have far-reaching effects, experts say, potentially changing the way families get special education services for their children. Some educators say the change could make it easier for students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial advocate with Asperger&#8217;s nominated to federal post</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/05/ari-neeman-ncd-26913/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Newark Star-Ledger: Ari Ne&#8217;eman, a 22-year-old man with Asperger&#8217;s syndrome, has been nominated by the president to sit on the National Council on Disability. Ne&#8217;eman&#8217;s appointment has been criticized by some autism advocates who say he is &#8220;not quite autistic enough.&#8221; He is the first person with autism to be nominated for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Companies say autism can be valuable asset in the workplace</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/09/autism-asset-jobs-26386/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From MSNBC: Some revolutionary companies around the globe are leading a new movement to transform the unique attributes of high-functioning autism into sought-after job skills. Companies like Specialisterne in Denmark and the non-profit Aspiritech in Chicago train people with autism to be software testers, data entry personnel and assembly workers. Such positions, which might be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elementary, my dear</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/08/elementary-my-dear-26371/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing the New York Times &#8216;Diagnosis&#8217; column,  Dr. Lisa Sanders ponders whether Sherlock Holmes might have had Asperger&#8217;s syndrome. The fictional private eye, to be featured in an upcoming film starring Robert Downey Jr., had many symptoms of the syndrome, she says, including an obsessive focus on narrow subjects, mood swings and an apparent inability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom: Performers with disabilities are victims of &#8216;blacking-up&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/17/entertainment-disabilities-25458/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Guardian: Nicola Clark, the mother of a British actress with Asperger&#8217;s syndrome, has launched a campaign to stop non-disabled actors from portraying characters with disabilities. Her daughter Lizzy, 14, plays a character with Asperger&#8217;s in a highly praised BBC television film. &#8230; Nicola Clark has said that employing actors who are not [...]]]></description>
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