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		<title>&#8216;Pennhurst Asylum&#8217; attraction opens in former Pa. institution</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/09/25/pennhurst-haunted-house-30145/</link>
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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;We should close them all&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/07/22/virginia-institutions-29829/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Institutions endure in Virginia, amid controversy Virginians with disabilities are caught in a system with too many antiquated institutions and too little money for community care, Henri E. Cauvin writes in the Washington Post. The state is one of just 11 that have not closed any institutions. Former Gov. Timothy M. Kaine stirred public controversy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts families fight to keep institution open</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/05/23/massachusetts-fernald-29644/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 00:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Massachusetts approaches a June 30 target for closing the Fernald Developmental Center in Waltham, families of its 89 residents are fighting to keep the 200-acre institution open. Here&#8217;s a sampling of some recent coverage: They fight for Fernald &#8212; Waltham, MA, Daily News Tribune. Nearly 50 people gathered to picket at the Fernald Developmental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds sue Arkansas over segregation of people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/05/07/feds-sue-arkansas-over-segregation-of-those-with-disabilities-29552/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 04:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette (registration required), Google/AP: The federal Department of Justice has filed suit against the state of Arkansas for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, alleging that the state illegally segregates hundreds of people with developmental disabilities. The lawsuit accused Arkansas of a &#8220;systemic failure&#8221; that places people with disabilities in large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dental clinic closing means thousands could lose access to care</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/24/dental-clinic-access-28911/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Boston Globe: Advocates in Massachusetts say the state&#8217;s decision to close the Fernald Development Center will trigger a loss of dental care for some 2,100 people with disabilities who have long been ignored by private dentists. &#8220;Where will they go?&#8221; said Marilyn Meagher, who heads the advocacy group Fernald League for the Retarded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guilty plea in Texas &#8216;fight club&#8217; brings 4-year jail term</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/11/guilty-plea-fight-club-2-28695/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC News: A former Texas state employee has pleaded guilty for his role in organizing brawls between residents of an institution for people with intellectual disabilities. Guadalupe De Larosa accepted a plea agreement, admitting to three counts of injuring a person with an intellectual disability, and was sentenced to four years in prison. Another [...]]]></description>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Connecticut institution should be closed</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/23/southbury-training-school-28529/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Our leaders fail the neediest&#8217; Columnist Rick Green, writing in the Hartford Courant, says Connecticut&#8217;s leaders have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a legal fight to keep the Southbury Training School open, even though they know the facility violates federal discrimination law. &#8220;We will pay dearly for this,&#8221; he writes. A legal challenge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Oregon, celebrating an end to the &#8216;horrors&#8217; of institutions</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/02/oped-oregon-institution-27526/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just ten years ago, writes Oregon state legislator Sara Gelser, her state closed a notorious institution that had lost its federal funding amid charges of widespread abuse and neglect. Now, she says, Oregon has become the first state in the nation to serve all of its citizens with developmental disabilities in their own communities. An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California plans to close institution for people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/02/lanterman-closure-plan-27515/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Families are fearful. Unions promise to fight. From the Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Tribune: California officials this week announced plans to close one of the state&#8217;s largest institutions for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona houses 400 people on 302 acres, and employs more than 1,300 people. [...]]]></description>
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