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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 by holding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shriver: &#8216;Retard&#8217; is the language of bigotry</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/15/shriver-retard-bigotry-28075/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Timothy Shriver, writing in the Washington Post, says the word &#8220;retard&#8221; masks a prejudice that is so widespread that it goes unquestioned. People with intellectual disabilities, he says, are frequently the victims of abuse, indifference and negligent death. They face crushing unemployment, poor health care, poor living conditions and social ostracism.
Changing these tragic realities won&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Orleans students with disabilities face unequal treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/02/new-orleans-students-27549/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Audit finds wide enrollment disparities, particularly in charter schools
From the New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Many public schools in New Orleans, particularly charter schools, show significant underrepresentation of students with disabilities, according to a report by state officials. At some charter schools in the Recovery School District, fewer than 4 percent of students are reported to have disabilities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: Dr. King&#8217;s work benefitted people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/15/column-mlk-disabilities-27201/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in USA Today, Ben Mattlin says people with disabilities owe a profound debt of gratitude to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his work in the civil rights movement.
Like African Americans, Mattlin says, people with disabilities share a history of being been held back by discrimination and low expectations. An excerpt:
Make no mistake: There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability job bias claims surge to record high</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/07/disability-job-bias-26992/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AP/ABC News, EEOC press release, EEOC data:
New federal statistics show the the number of workers claiming job discrimination based on disability rose to a new record in fiscal 2009. Statistics released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission showed that charges of disability discrimination rose by ten percent to 21,451 claims, the largest increase in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: &#8216;No way to refer to the vulnerable&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/18/siegel-intolerance-26822/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Chicago Tribune, Parade Magazine publisher Randolph Siegel lists a few examples of the ways in which people with cognitive impairments are ridiculed in the national media. Here&#8217;s just one: A leading character on HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Curb Your Enthusiasm seduces a character with an intellectual disability, then belittles his victim when she speaks out. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK charity: 9 percent of disabled people say they&#8217;re crime targets</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/05/hate-crime-data-25018/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Guardian:
In response to a survey by a UK disability charity, 9 percent of respondents with disabilities reported that they have been the victim of a hate crime. The charity, Leonard Cheshire Disability, asked respondents whether they had faced a crime which they felt was motivated by their disability.
The charity said it decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Biased actions by group home opponents are illegal</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/13/op-ed-group-home-opposition-23949/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foes of a planned group home for people with developmental disabilities in Virginia are acting out of ignorance, prejudice and fear, Colleen Miller writes in the [Harrisonburg, VA], News-Record , adding that their actions are illegal under the federal Fair Housing Act. She says people with developmental disabilities deserve to be treated with dignity and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EEOC: Workplace bias against mental illness is pervasive</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/23/eeoc-workplace-bias-against-mental-illness-is-pervasive-22867/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the National Law Journal:
The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against a North Carolina employer for alleged workplace discrimination against an employee with mental illness.
The EEOC argues that the Smith International Truck Center relied on &#8220;myths, fears and stereotypes about mental impairments&#8221; when it unlawfully terminated Stephen Kerns, an employee who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abercrombie &amp; Fitch fined for bias against girl with autism</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/09/abercrombie-fitch-fined-autism-22124/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She says store made her feel like a &#8216;misfit&#8217;
From Minnesota Public Radio, [Minneapolis-St. Paul] Star Tribune:
Minnesota has fined retailer Abercrombie &#38; Fitch $115,264 for discriminating against a person with a disability after store representatives refused to allow a family member to help a girl with autism in a dressing room.
The state&#8217;s Department of Human Rights [...]]]></description>
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