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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>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>Google to caption YouTube videos, improving accessibility</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/20/youtube-adds-captions-25715/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Francisco Chronicle (with video), New York Times, BBC: Google has announced a plan to use speech recognition technology to automatically bring text captions to millions of YouTube videos, making them accessible to people with hearing impairments and making them more searchable. Analysts expect the change to open the videos to a wider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group criticizes casting for &#8216;Miracle Worker&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/31/miracle-worker-casting-24878/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: A group of disability advocates has sharply criticized the casting of Oscar-nominated child star Abigail Breslin (&#8220;Little Miss Sunshine&#8221;) for the role of Helen Keller in this winter&#8217;s Broadway revival  of &#8220;The Miracle Worker.&#8221; The Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts says the role should have been given to an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sidekick outage hit deaf community hard</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/19/t-mobile-sidekick-24359/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ina Fried writes on CNET that T-Mobile Sidekick data problems over the past couple of weeks have been &#8220;particularly rough&#8221; on deaf users who are among the most loyal fans of the device. Deaf users say the Sidekick had been a lifeline, allowing them to keep in contact with friends and family and to communicate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gallaudet students hail new president</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/19/gallaudet-hurwitz-24367/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post, AP/Newsday: Gallaudet University students welcomed the announcement of T. Alan Hurwitz as the school&#8217;s new president this weekend with a round of signed applause. Hurwitz, who will take over in January, is currently the president of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing actor in deaf role prompts protests</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/14/lonely-hunter-protests-24028/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: When playwright Rebecca Gilman adapted &#8220;The Heart is a Lonely Hunter&#8221; for the stage, she changed a key element of the Carson McCullers novel, giving speeches to a character who is deaf and mute throughout the book. The change makes it difficult for a deaf actor to play the role. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marlee Matlin offers encouragement</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/13/marlee-matlin-encouragement-24018/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chattanooga Times Free Press, with video: Actress Marlee Matlin challenged an audience at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to face their challenges with courage and humor. Matlin, the first deaf actress to win an Academy Award, has also appeared on popular TV shows like &#8220;Spin City&#8221; &#8220;Desperate Housewives,&#8221; &#8220;My Name is Earl,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian cases allege abuse of deaf students in government schools</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/08/canada-abuse-case-23649/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Canwest News Service: Two women have filed a lawsuit against the province of Manitoba alleging they suffered years of sexual abuse while they were students at the Manitoba School for the Deaf. Their lawyer says the complaints are the latest in what he expects to become a class action suit with plaintiffs from nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helen Keller statue unveiled at U.S. Capitol</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/07/legacy-of-helen-keller-23604/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From  CNN, USA Today On Politics blog: A bronze statue of Helen Keller was unveiled today in the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers praised her as an inspiration and a reminder of the value of people with disabilities. The statue depicts Keller, who lost her sight and hearing to illness as an infant, standing at a [...]]]></description>
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