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		<title>Bill would improve accessibility for Web, mobile devices</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/17/bill-would-improve-accessibility-for-web-mobile-devices-30017/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post: Consumers with disabilities say the Internet and many mobile devices are leaving them behind, but legislation pending in Congress would pressure electronics companies to improve accessibility for all. &#8220;This is simply about inclusion. You have an industry that is known for innovation, but they don&#8217;t have a cultural understanding of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skier McKeever is set to make Olympic history</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Competing in Olympics, Paralympics with ten percent of his vision From the Seattle Times, MacLean&#8217;s magazine and elsewhere: Canadian skier Brian McKeever is the first winter-sport athlete ever named to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic teams. Like his father, McKeever has Stargardt&#8217;s disease, the most common form of inherited juvenile macular degeneration. An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universities decline to use Kindle amid accessibility lawsuits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Bloomberg/Business Week, AP/MSNBC, PC World, AP/ABC News: Three universities say they will stop promoting the use of Amazon.com&#8217;s Kindle DX e-book reader in classrooms in the wake of legal complaints that the device doesn&#8217;t allow students with disabilities equal access to information. The Department of Justice announced settlements involving Case Western Reserve University in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic first for musicians from Ohio State School for the Blind</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 32-member marching band is the first all-blind group to participate in the Rose Parade From the Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Star-News: &#8220;We&#8217;re normal people living a normal life,&#8221; said 19-year-old Chris Harrington, who plays the tuba. &#8220;This just happens to be something we&#8217;re good at.&#8221; Each white-uniformed student musician is accompanied by an assistant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Administration sides with disability community on rights treaty</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/16/rights-treat-26674/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Kravets on Wired magazine&#8216;s &#8216;Threat Level&#8217; blog: The Obama administration has announced its support for a proposed international treaty that would loosen copyright restrictions to make accessible reading material available across borders. The administration&#8217;s position, announced at a subcommittee of the World Intellectual Properties Organization in Geneva, places it squarely in opposition to  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl with impaired vision is &#8216;Miracle Worker&#8217; understudy</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/09/miracle-worker-understudy-26380/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: Producers have cast a 10-year-old with a vision impairment as the understudy for the role of Helen Keller in the upcoming production of &#8220;The Miracle Worker&#8221; on Broadway. The production had drawn criticism last month for casting a non-disabled star actress, Abigail Breslin, in the role. In response to advocates&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon announces plans to modify Kindle</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/08/amazon-kindle-accessibility-26330/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Associated Press/MSNBC: Amazon.com Inc. has announced that it will add two features to the Kindle that are intended to make the e-book reader more accessible to users who are blind or have limited vision. The company has come under fire from disability advocacy groups for allowing publishers to opt out of a read-aloud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman fights to use adaptive technology during bar exam</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/24/woman-bar-exam-25939/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Jose Mercury News: UCLA law graduate Stephanie Enyart is suing the National Conference of Bar Examiners for the right to use adaptive technology when taking the bar exam. She has a form of macular degeneration that has taken away her central vision but leaves her some peripheral vision. The California Bar Associaiton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universities reject Kindle, cite inaccessibility</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/13/universities-reject-kindle-25368/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CNET and the Associated Press: The National Federation of the Blind said Wednesday that Syracuse University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have declined to use Amazon.com&#8217;s Kindle DX for textbooks. The reason: the device is not accessible to students who are blind. Pamela McLaughlin, director of communications and external relations at Syracuse University, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: &#8216;How charming to pillory disabled Gordon Brown&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/12/op-ed-gordon-brown-25272/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the [UK Times], columnist Melanie Reid responds to recent criticism of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the misspellings in a letter of condolence he sent to the mother of a fallen soldier. Reid says personal attacks leveled against Brown amount to public bullying of a man whose impaired vision impedes his ability to read [...]]]></description>
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