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		<title>Survey: ADA has not improved quality of life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From USA Today: A survey commissioned by the Kessler Foundation/National Organization on Disabilities finds that the ADA has not made meaningful progress in improving the quality of life for people with disabilities. The survey shows that more must be done to help people with disabilities get ahead, said Carol Glazer, president of the National Organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates observe Autism Awareness Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NBC Today Show marks UN-designated World Autism Awareness Day with a feature about the disorder, which affects tens of millions of people around the world. Among those highlighted are Autism Speaks founders Bob and Suzanne Wright, developmental pediatrician Cece McCarton, and parents Shelly and Jed Milstein, who have two sons with autism. Autism Speaks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance industry backs off on pre-existing condition coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/30/insurance-industry-pre-existing-condition-coverage-28975/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CBS News: In a letter released yesterday, the insurance industry&#8217;s top lobbyist said the industry will not fight a provision in the new health care law that guarantees coverage to children with pre-existing medical conditions. The Obama administration had promised that the coverage would start later this year. Earlier press reports, including this one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-existing condition coverage in jeopardy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Pear, writing in the New York Times, says architects of the new health care law had intended that the measure ban discrimination against children with certain pre-existing conditions like asthma, diabetes, birth defects, orthopedic issues, leukemia, cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease, requiring that insurance coverage be extended to them. But days after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Coverage of pre-existing condition &#8216;sets daughter free&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/29/columnist-pre-existing-conditions-28950/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Columnist Dan Kennedy, writing in the [UK] Guardian, says the health care bill liberates tens of millions of Americans like his daughter who have what insurance companies call pre-existing conditions. Kennedy&#8217;s 17-year-old daughter Becky was diagnosed at birth with achondroplasia, a genetic condition that is the most common form of dwarfism. The bill, he writes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speech-generating iPhone app ranks in Apple&#8217;s top 30</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Independent: Proloquo2Go, a speech-generating program that gives a voice to people who have difficulty speaking, is among Apple&#8217;s 30 top-selling applications for the year 2009. The program comes in at number 23 &#8212; ahead of ESPN, CNN and Family Guy. The program retails at $189.99, making it an affordable alternative to conventional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law to prohibit misuse of genetic data</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/17/genetic-nondiscrimination-law-25481/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) will go into effect next weekend, prohibiting employers from requesting genetic testing or considering a person&#8217;s genetic background in hiring, firing or promotions. The law also prohibits health insurers from requiring genetic testing or using a family medical history to deny coverage or assess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinal cord activist shifts focus from cure to care</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/25/paralysis-22951/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;I feel like I&#8217;ve lied to a lot of people&#8217; From Newsweek (with video): Alan T. Brown, who is quadriplegic as the result of an injury, has spent the last two decades trying to find a cure for people who are paralyzed. Now he&#8217;s changed his emphasis, working toward improving medical care, insurance coverage and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogger: Obama proposal will improve disability coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/17/health-care-disabilitie-22446/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small group of parents protested this week that the Obama health care legislation would lead to the rationing of services for their children with disabilities, a charge that was refuted by some disability advocacy organizations. Politico&#8217;s Ben Smith writes that such accusations are &#8220;simply not true,&#8221; and said the Obama proposal will actually benefit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurers reject mainstream devices for speech assistance</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/15/insurers-22395/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: People with speech disabilities question why Medicare and private insurers are declining to cover mainstream devices like iPhones and netbook PCs that can help them communicate. Insurers say coverage is restricted to medical devices, not gadgets that can also be used for nonmedical purposes like playing video games or browsing [...]]]></description>
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