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		<title>Exclusion of student with DS from college class sparks concern</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protest continues to mount over a decision by Southern Oregon University to exclude a non-credit student with Down syndrome from an introductory ceramics course. The decision comes almost 35 years after the enactment of federal legislation that opened public school doors to students with disabilities. More than 700 people have signed an online petition urging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia settles ADA suit over confinement of people with disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AP/New York Times: In a decision that is being hailed as a historic step toward enforcing the rights of people with disabilities, the state of Georgia has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to move many people with mental illness or developmental disabilities out of state psychiatric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Touchdown video seen round the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Kelley, Seattle Times columnist, reflects on Ike Ditzenberger, the 17-year-old high school football player with Down syndrome whose touchdown run was captured on video and circulated around the globe. At last count, the Youtube clip documenting Ike&#8217;s effort had gotten more than 2.36 million views. Writes Kelley: Ditzenberger&#8217;s touchdown, which he accomplished with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion of surrogate fetus with DS sparks ethics debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doctor says Canadian bio-parents demanded termination; Surrogate mom refused, then relented &#8216;Should the rules of commerce apply to the creation of children?&#8217; From the Vancouver Sun, [UK] Daily Mail: A Canadian surrogate mother reluctantly terminated her pregnancy at the insistence of the fetus&#8217; biological parents after it was learned that the fetus had an elevated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columnist: Documentary dismantles stereotypes about DS</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/10/14/monica-david-falcone-30281/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston Herald columnist Lauren Beckham Falcone on HBO&#8217;s documentary about a young married couple with Down syndrome: &#8220;Monica &#38; David&#8221; is more than a love story; it is a reverential, nuanced movie that shows that people with developmental disabilities want the same things everyone wants out of life: Love. Work. Companionship. Independence. These things aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heroes? Victims? Or just plain parents &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do parents of kids with disabilities deserve admiration? Pity? Are they courageous? Self-important? Preachy? The public debate on these weighty topics has been raging for the past month over at the New York Times&#8217; Motherlode blog site, and shows no signs of letting up. It all started when Amy Julia Becker wrote a guest blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Monica &amp; David&#8217; premieres Thursday on HBO</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/10/12/monica-david-hbo-30203/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For couple with Down syndrome, does love conquer all? Newsweek calls this Tribeca-award-winning documentary &#8220;a triumph&#8221; and &#8220;a refreshing and rare story for television.&#8221; It&#8217;s a chronicle of the courtship, marriage, and happily-ever-after of Monica and David, two young people who have Down syndrome. The Washington Post calls it &#8220;a moving affair, a film that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kathy Ireland calls for end to underfunding of DS research</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/10/11/kathy-ireland-down-syndrome-research-30181/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing on the AOLnews website, supermodel and lifestyle guru Kathy Ireland says funding for research into Down syndrome has been consistently reduced until it now accounts for less than 0.01 percent of the National Institutes of Health&#8217;s annual research budget. This must change, says Ireland. Her niece Polly has Down syndrome. We are on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House OKs &#8216;Rosa&#8217;s Law&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/09/23/house-oks-rosas-law-30137/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would eliminate term &#8216;mentally retarded&#8217; from federal law Press releases from Sen. Barbara Mikulski, The ARC of the United States: Acting unanimously, the House of Representatives last night approved a bill to remove the terms &#8220;mentally retarded&#8221; and &#8220;mental retardation&#8221; from federal education, health and labor laws. The measure, called &#8220;Rosas&#8217; Law&#8221; in honor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emmy exec: &#8216;Down Syndrome Girl&#8217; will not air on awards shows</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/24/emmy-ceo-down-syndrome-girl-30079/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press release from the National Down Syndrome Congress: John Shaffner, chairman and CEO of the Academy of Television Arts &#38; Sciences, has pledged that the Emmy-nominated song &#8220;Down Syndrome Girl&#8221; will not be aired on the primetime Emmy telecast or the broadcast of the Emmy&#8217;s Creative Arts awards. Shaffner&#8217;s promise came in response to a [...]]]></description>
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