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		<title>Couple&#8217;s new home will serve as universal design lab</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/26/universal-design-2-23005/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Columbus [OH] Dispatch: Rosemarie Rossetti and husband Mark Leder are building a universal design home outside Columbus, Ohio, which will double as their residence and a laboratory showcasing the latest accessible features. Rossetti, 56, was paralyzed from the waist down in an accident in 1998. The couple became frustrated when they couldn&#8217;t find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability design: Can&#8217;t we do better?</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/06/disability-design-19637/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the New York Times, a discussion of the book &#8220;Design Meets Disability&#8221; by industrial designer Graham Pullin. Alice Rawsthorn describes Pullin&#8217;s book as a &#8220;manifesto&#8221; that celebrates the heroes of disability design, &#8220;condemning many of the existing products designed for people with disabilities, and challenging designers to use their skills to develop inspiring alternatives.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books: &#8216;Design Meets Disability&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/16/books-design-meets-disability-11963/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Boston Globe: In his new book, &#8220;Design Meets Disability,&#8221; Graham Pullin makes the case that better design for people with disabilities could pay off in unexpected ways, benefiting both users and the broader society. He wishes the design world would embrace disability, using it as a way to open up new ways of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universal design gets a stylish new look</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/02/19/universal-design-stylish-10158/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cynthia Leibrock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: Designer Cynthia Leibrock is one of the leaders in the Aging in Place movement, creating beautiful spaces that will remain livable even as people find their physical capabilities declining with age. Her own home, above, embodies the principles of universal design, which holds that all structures should be equally accessible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Model home for residents who are deaf and blind</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/02/19/model-home-10076/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Spiers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Newsday: A home adapted for five residents who are diagnosed as deaf-blind is the first of its kind in New York and is expected to provide a model for the nation. There are an estimated 70,000 people who are deaf-blind nationwide, although some experts say the number may be as high as 1.5 million. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stevie Wonder, advocates encourage &#8216;vision-free&#8217; gadgets</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/01/09/stevie-wonder-7259/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From MSNBC,  Reuters, EETimes, and Agence France-Presse: Musician Stevie Wonder and advocates for people with visual impairments came to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, encouraging companies to make products that can be used in a &#8220;vision-free&#8221; manner. Advocates say popular touch screen devices pose particular challenges for people who are blind, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>His goal: Technology that works when you&#8217;re not looking</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/01/05/tv-raman-google-7018/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times, a feature about Google&#8217;s T.V. Raman, a Silicon Valley software engineer who is called the computer industry&#8217;s leading thinker on accessibility issues. He built a version of Google&#8217;s search service tailored for blind users, and is now working on an accessible touchscreen phones. Raman lost his eyesight at the age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home appliance makers seek to woo boomers with more accessible designs</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/12/03/manufacturers-hope-to-bouy-5370/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Wall Street Journal: Home appliance manufacturers are hoping to combat drooping revenues by developing more universally accessible equipment geared to the needs of aging baby boomers. Among the planned innovations are easy-open oven doors, jumbo washing machine knobs and remote-control window motors. The nation&#8217;s 76 million baby boomers control the biggest share of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wheelchair-accessible truck trike offers &#8216;freedom&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/15/accessible-motorcycle-4839/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From USA Today: Boss Hoss founder Monte Warne was inspired by a longtime friend who uses a wheelchair, Larry Curry (shown left), to design the Boss Hoss Advantage Trike, a high-power, wheelchair-accessible motorcycle. Boss Hoss, a small motorcycle company based in Dyersburg [TN], is teaming with V8 Performance to offer an $8,000 conversion kit, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s revolutionary. It&#8217;s ultra-stylish. It&#8217;s a wheelchair.</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/07/06/trekinetic-wheelchair-2614/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The [UK] Independent: Visionary British engineer Mike Spindle spent six years working alone, developing a high-performance wheelchair that would also look fabulous. The result is the Trekinetic, an all-terrain vehicle which sports a molded carbon fiber seat, three wheels, drum brakes and a simplified folding mechanism. In the process of developing his design, Spindle has [...]]]></description>
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