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		<title>What happened to Obama promise of full special ed funding?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 12:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President&#8217;s budget proposal shows no sign of IDEA campaign pledge Alyson Klein writes in Education Week (subscription required) that President Barack Obama&#8217;s first budget proposal would boost U.S. Department of Education spending by 2.8 percent. &#8220;But &#8212; not counting massive one-time increases in the recent economic-stimulus legislation-the plan also provides no more than level-funding for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concerns raised over inauguration accessibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From WJLA-TV [Washington, DC], CBS News Political Hotsheet, and the [Washington, D.C.] Examiner: As the inauguration planners advise people to take the Metro and prepare for long walks, people with disabilities are wondering how they will be able to attend the inauguration events at all. Some are now even saying the committee is doing all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC reprimanded over jokes about Palin, Down syndrome</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/12/09/bbc-reprimand-down-syndrome-5702/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Independent: An independent UK media regulator has found that the BBC  violated the Broadcasting Code in airing a radio show in which an American comedian described Sarah Palin&#8217;s son as &#8220;retarded&#8221; and said his Down syndrome was proof that &#8220;God obviously hates her.&#8221; The finding came in response to a viewer complaint [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your campaign snapshots: Take 7</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/15/your-campaign-snapshots-take-7-2-4886/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Todd Mayfield, Jefferson City, MO: November 3, 2008 Rally at Jefferson City, MO, state capitol. Elijah Roark Mayfield, 12, and Gov. Sarah Palin From Todd&#8217;s account: &#8220;&#8230; In the group standing around us there was a dad with a small baby that had Down syndrome, too. When Gov. Palin entered the stage that dad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin remarks on disabilities at GOP governors&#8217; meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/15/palin-disabilities-4799/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CQ/Washington Post: Speaking at the annual conference of the Republican Governors Association, Sarah Palin told of the families and people with disabilities she met along the campaign trail. An excerpt from the transcript of her remarks: I will remember with gratitude all the families with special needs children who were the stars of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barone: Media opposed Palin because she didn&#8217;t have abortion</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/12/barone-palin-abortio-4745/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Politico.com: Respected political analyst Michael Barone drew criticism Tuesday when he told a conference of academics that journalists trashed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin because &#8220;she did not abort her Down syndrome baby.&#8221; Audience members erupted in angry boos, and some walked out of the annual meeting of the National Association of State Universities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Disabled Coloradoans still need help</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/11/op-ed-colorado-4727/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Rocky Mountain News, parent Renee Beauregard calls on opponents of Amendment 51 to come up with the money to fund basic services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Colorado. The measure, which was defeated at the polls last week, would have raised the sales tax by a fraction of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your campaign snapshots: Take 7</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/11/your-campaign-snapshots-take-7-3996/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/11/your-campaign-snapshots-take-7-3996/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Todd Mayfield, Jefferson City, MO: November 3, 2008 Rally at Jefferson City, MO, state capitol. Elijah Roark Mayfield, 12, and Gov. Sarah Palin From Todd&#8217;s account: &#8220;&#8230; In the group standing around us there was a dad with a small baby that had Down syndrome, too. When Gov. Palin entered the stage that dad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Colorado must fund services for people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/10/editorial-colorado-disabilities-4618/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/10/editorial-colorado-disabilities-4618/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editors of the Denver Post say it&#8217;s time for state lawmakers to find a way to care for Colorado children and adults with disabilities who remain &#8220;tragically underserved.&#8221; State voters last week rejected Amendment 51, a measure that would have raised the state sales tax by 0.2 percent to pay for &#8220;services that should be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa cuts &#8216;idiot&#8217; from state Constitution</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/05/iowa-idiot-constitution-4566/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/05/iowa-idiot-constitution-4566/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From KCCI-TV, Des Moines: Iowa voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to remove outdated language defining mental competency for voting rights from the state Constitution. The measure will eliminate a phrase withdrawing voter eligibility from anyone found to be an &#8220;idiot or insane person.&#8221; With the revision, the Constitution would read &#8220;a person adjudged mentally [...]]]></description>
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