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		<title>&#8216;Our homes, not nursing homes,&#8217; disability activists tell Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/10/our-homes-not-nursing-homes-disability-activists-tell-obama-29970/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Austin American Statesman and the paper&#8217;s Postcards blog: Disability activists were among the crowd that turned out to greet the President in Texas Monday, shouting protests about an unfulfilled campaign promise to ensure home-based support programs. &#8220;Our homes, not nursing homes,&#8221; they chanted, waving a banner from a curbside perch along the route [...]]]></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>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>Commentary: Obama backed off on community-based supports</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/31/commentary-obama-community-support-21097/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/31/commentary-obama-community-support-21097/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in ProPublica.com, Jennifer LaFleur says President Obama endorsed the wording in the UN disability treaty guaranteeing equal access to community life, but has backed off his earlier promises to mandate such access in the United States. Obama co-sponsored the Community Choice Act while a member of the Senate. But since he has been in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability rights advocates rally for community choice</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/22/disability-rights-rally-20500/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/22/disability-rights-rally-20500/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [Salt Lake City] Deseret News: Forty members of the disability rights advocacy group ADAPT have been blocking the Democratic Party&#8217;s national headquarters in Washington, seeking support for the Community Choice Act. Other members of the group have been staging protests in state Democratic Party headquarters around the country. The measure would allow people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten years later, hundreds of thousands still wait to leave institutions</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/22/olmstead-ten-years-18917/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/22/olmstead-ten-years-18917/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ProPublica/St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A decade after the Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling aimed at helping people with disabilities move out of institutions, hundreds of thousands of people who want to live on their own are still waiting to be released from nursing homes, rehab centers and state hospitals. Disability rights advocates worry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare reform for disabled called &#8216;civil rights issue&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/10/healthcare-reform-18123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/10/healthcare-reform-18123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the CBS News Political Hotsheet, the Boston Globe, and Reuters: Leading Democratic senators say the expansion of federal assistance for people with disabilities must be included in the proposal to overhaul the nation&#8217;s health care system. &#8220;The way I see it, [this] is a civil rights issue,&#8221; said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, a member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Community Choice Act needs more than Obama &#8216;lip service&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/05/15/op-ed-disability-advocates-16455/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/05/15/op-ed-disability-advocates-16455/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 14:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Albany Times Union, Michael Volkman says the Obama administration has quietly withdrawn its support of the Community Choice Act, which both Obama and Vice President Biden had co-sponsored as senators. Obama had pledged support for the measure on the campaign trail. The bill would change the Medicaid statute to remove its bias [...]]]></description>
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		<title>91 arrested in disability rights protest</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/28/91-arrested-15127/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/28/91-arrested-15127/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the ABC News &#8220;Political Punch&#8221; blog, Associated Press/USA Today, the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal Photo Journal: U.S. Park Police arrested 91 demonstrators in front of the White House yesterday, including some in wheelchairs who chained themselves to the fence. They were protesting what they said was the Obama administration&#8217;s failure to honor its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arc to Obama: We want change, not just an apology</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/24/arc-letter-to-president-12766/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/24/arc-letter-to-president-12766/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter V. Berns, executive director of the The Arc of the United States, is calling on President Obama to use the controversy around his Special Olympics remark as an opportunity to advance public understanding and acceptance of people with intellectual disabilities. The comments come in a letter to the president posted on the organization&#8217;s website. [...]]]></description>
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