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		<title>Judge orders NY to move residents out of &#8216;adult homes&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/01/judge-orders-ny-adult-homes-28667/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: A federal judge has ordered the state of New York to move some 4,300 people with mental illness out of warehouse-like institutions that keep them segregated from society. The order by Judge Nicholas Garaufis follows his decision last fall that the state was illegally discriminating against people with mental illness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability advocates: Close Canada institutions, improve job access</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star: Canada must end institutionalization of mentally disabled people and invest in their quality of life by improving access to jobs and social supports, says a report released to coincide with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The report by the Canadian Association for Community Living found that only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More students with disabilities study for bar and bat mitzvahs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chicago Tribune: A growing number of Jewish children with developmental disabilities are preparing for their bar or bat mitzvahs with the help of synagogues and religious schools that are adapting curriculum for their needs. The rite of passage allows these young people to take their places as full members of the Jewish community. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability protesters arrested in Atlanta</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/14/disability-protesters-arrested-24067/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A handful of protesters were arrested in the courtyard of the Sam Nunn Federal Center in Atlanta Tuesday during a demonstration calling for better long-term care options for people with disabilities. Representatives of the Office of Homeland Security refused to disclose how many had been arrested and whether they were being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Help people with disabilities live independently</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/19/column-independent-living-18762/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Des Moines Register, Jim Paprocki says it&#8217;s time for Iowa policymakers to end the unjustified segregation of people with disabilities in institutions. The ten-year-old Olmstead decision mandating community-based services for people with disabilities is one of the most significant actions in the Supreme Court&#8217;s history, he says, yet Iowa is not complying. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scout with Down syndrome earns Eagle rank</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Dallas Morning News: Twenty-year-old Adam Townsend of Mesquite, TX, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor bestowed by the Boy Scouts of America. He has Down syndrome. Townsend began in scouting when he was six, and has completed years of requirements in such areas as camping skills, communications, citizenship and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kennedy plans disability insurance measure</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/05/31/disability-insurance-17458/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 13:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Wall Street Journal: Sen. Edward Kennedy has included a measure for a new disability insurance program for all American workers as part of the broader healthcare reform legislation he is preparing to introduce. Early reports said the measure would include the following provisions: All workers, unless they opt out, would be charged a [...]]]></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>
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		<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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		<title>Op-ed: &#8216;How Obama can make up for his gaffe&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/23/op-ed-thoughtless-neglect-12618/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam Gill, who has an older brother with Down syndrome, writes in Politico.com that president Obama&#8217;s official apology for his Special Olympic remark conveys an attitude which &#8220;perfectly sums up public policy towards people with disabilities: benign, thoughtless neglect.&#8221; He says Obama should work to implement his bold campaign agenda and change public policy by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorials: NJ should close institutions, improve community care</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/01/15/editorials-nj-should-close-institutions-7704/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Press of Atlantic City and the East Brunswick Home News Tribune, editorial praise for a proposal to close five of New Jersey&#8217;s state-run institutions for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The opposition to this plan has been painfully parochial. Unions and state Sen. Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, Cumberland, have voiced criticism [...]]]></description>
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