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		<title>Illinois program aims to protect disabled people in emergencies</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/23/emergency-response-22776/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the AP/Chicago Tribune: A new &#8220;premise alert program&#8221; allows families in some areas of Illinois to share information about medical problems and disabilities with local police and fire departments. Advocates say the information will allow emergency responders to act with greater speed and sensitivity. The point of the program is to prepare officers approaching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marking Olmstead, advocates seek more community care</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/27/bazelon-report-19179/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court Olmstead decision, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law called for a renewed effort to integrate people with disabilities in their communities. The organization&#8217;s report, &#8220;Still Waiting &#8212; The Unfulfilled Promise of Olmstead,&#8221; says federal and state governments could save billions of dollars by moving people with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former guardsman gets 8 years in torture of disabled man</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/16/maniglia-sentence-18558/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [Minneapolis-St. Paul] Star-Tribune, [St. Paul] Pioneer Press, KSTP-TV: A former Minnesota National Guardsman, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the kidnapping and torture of a man with intellectual disabilities. John Maniglia, 19, offered a written apology and plea for forgiveness in court to victim Justin Hamilton, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas &#8216;fight club&#8217; videos released</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/05/12/fight-club-videos-released-16303/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 02:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC News (with Nightline video): UPDATE: See unofficial transcript of Nightline report. Recently released videos show residents of a Corpus Christi state institution for people with intellectual disabilities being forced to fight for the amusement of night shift employees. The disturbing videos show residents being kicked and prodded to fight while employees laugh. Residents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family says Chicago police beat teen with autism</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/28/family-claims-chicago-15010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chicago Tribune with video: The family of Oscar Guzman say the 16-year-old was standing outside his family&#8217;s restaurant when Chicago police began questioning him and he walked away. When the officers went after him, his family says he ran for the restaurant, yelling, &#8220;I&#8217;m a special boy!&#8221; Guzman has autism. Guzman&#8217;s family said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atalissa probe widens</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/13/atalissa-probe-widens-14283/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Des Moines Register: Federal, state and county investigators are advancing their probe into Henry&#8217;s Turkey Service, the company that is suspected of exploiting and neglecting workers with intellectual disabilities in Atalissa, Iowa. No criminal charges have been filed and company officials are denying doing anything wrong.  Among the agencies participating in the investigation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Records: &#8216;Fight club&#8217; organizers had poor work histories</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/07/texas-state-school-13793/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;A recipe for disaster&#8217; From the Dallas Morning News: An investigation of personnel records by the Dallas Morning News has found that the 11 Corpus Christi State School employees accused of staging &#8220;fight club&#8221; brawls between residents with intellectual disabilities were hired despite limited work experience, limited education and poor work histories. Among the findings: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas &#8216;state school&#8217; resident&#8217;s death ruled a homicide</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/16/texas-state-school-homicide-12024/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Denton [TX] Record-Chronicle: The death of a resident of the Denton, Texas, State School has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy released by the Tarrant County medical examiner&#8217;s office. The autopsy said Janice Campbell, 53, died Friday of head injuries she received in an assault about two weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More allegations of &#8216;human cockfights&#8217; in Texas institutions</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/12/human-cockfights-institutions-11715/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle: Coerced fights between residents with intellectual disabilities, dubbed &#8220;human cockfights&#8221; by one state senator, have been confirmed in at least two more Texas institutions, according to an official of a federally mandated oversight group. Beth Mitchell, senior managing attorney with Advocacy Inc., said the fights are &#8220;creating a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot topics: Curtis L. Decker on Texas institutions</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/11/decker-on-texas-institutions-11553/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Why would we be shocked something like this could be happening in these facilities when there&#8217;s been this long history of abuse?&#8220; &#8211; Curtis L. Decker By Patricia E. Bauer The news reports started coming out of Texas yesterday afternoon: Vulnerable men with intellectual disabilities were allegedly used and abused for their caretakers&#8217; entertainment. Law [...]]]></description>
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