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		<title>Study: Lack of characters with disabilities on TV</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/10/08/study-disabilities-tv-30160/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Hollywood Reporter, IAMPWD.org: A new report on minority representation on broadcast television finds that scripted characters with identifiable disabilities will represent only one percent of all scripted series regular characters  on the five broadcast networks this fall. That&#8217;s just six characters out of 587. Of those six, only one is played by an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Pennhurst Asylum&#8217; attraction opens in former Pa. institution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Delaware County [Pa.] Daily Times, AP, with historic photos from Philly.com: Pennsylvania&#8217;s historic Pennhurst Center, once the focus of landmark litigation that sparked nationwide changes in treatment for people with intellectual disabilities, opened last night as a Halloween-themed haunted house attraction over the protests of disability rights advocates. Advocates had unsuccessfully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Temple Grandin&#8217; a big Emmy winner</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/30/temple-grandin-emmy-30124/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Yahoo.com (with video), Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Entertainment Weekly: The HBO biopic &#8216;Temple Grandin&#8217; was among the big winners in this year&#8217;s Emmy awards contest, sweeping 7 awards including best actress for Claire Danes, best directing for Mick Jackson, and best made-for-television movie or miniseries. The project portrayed the early life of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emmy exec: &#8216;Down Syndrome Girl&#8217; will not air on awards shows</title>
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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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		<title>Jennifer Aniston draws fire for saying &#8216;retard&#8217; on TV</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/20/jennifer-aniston-30061/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times &#8216;Ministry of Gossip&#8217; blog, US Magazine, press release from the National Down Syndrome Society: Actress Jennifer Aniston used the word &#8220;retard&#8221; during a television interview Thursday, drawing criticism from disability advocacy groups. Appearing on Live with Regis and Kelly (video here), Aniston was discussing a recent Harper&#8217;s Bazaar photo shoot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy group protests Emmy nod for &#8216;Down Syndrome Girl&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/19/advocacy-group-protests-emmy-nod-for-down-syndrome-girl-30052/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family Guy musical number was nominated in &#8220;Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics&#8221; category Source: Letter from the National Down Syndrome Congress Members of the Self Advocate Council of the National Down Syndrome Congress this week sent a letter protesting the Emmy award nomination given recently to &#8220;Down Syndrome Girl,&#8221; a musical number that appeared this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles theater group showcases abilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/19/born-to-act-players-30035/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Daily News columnist Dennis McCarthy highlights an upcoming performance by the Born To Act Players, a 32-member troupe of actors with and without disabilities that will be performing this month in a professional theater for the first time. An excerpt: Before they walk on stage, the Born to Act Players close their eyes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actors share disabilities with their characters</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/05/20/actors-disabilities-2-29588/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From National Public Radio: Guest-starring in a recent episode of the Fox sitcom Glee, actor Zach Weinstein played a high school student who was paralyzed in an accident. Unlike many actors who play people with disabilities, Weinstein actually has the disability his character displays on TV. Michael Patrick Thornton, who appears in a wheelchair on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Monica &amp; David&#8217; takes Tribeca&#8217;s top documentary honors</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/30/monica-david-takes-tribeca-prize-29476/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the BBC, Washington Post, Miami Herald: Monica &#38; David, a documentary about the romance and marriage of two young adults with Down syndrome, has won the top documentary prize at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival. The film was directed by the female subject&#8217;s cousin, Miami&#8217;s Alexandra Codina, and was chosen from among 30 documentaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Glee&#8217; offers wry view of bulimia, Down syndrome</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/29/lauren-potter-glee-29439/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s episode of Fox&#8217;s &#8216;Glee&#8217;, cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch)  instructs her Cheerios squad on the preferred method for losing weight: Bulimia. Here&#8217;s the dialogue from her scene with Cheerio Becky Jackson (played by actress Lauren Potter, who has Down syndrome). Becky (standing on a scale): I lost two pounds, coach. Sue: [...]]]></description>
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