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	<title>Disability News &#124; PatriciaEBauer.com &#187; limb loss</title>
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		<title>&#8216;You just don&#8217;t look disabled&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/11/you-just-dont-look-disabled-28708/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN interviews athlete and actress Aimee Mullins, a double amputee who has set world records using prosthetic devices. An excerpt: [Mullins] believes that people are not born disabled. &#8220;It&#8217;s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MIT prof&#8217;s prosthetic limbs blur the boundaries of disability</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/01/artificial-limbs-26056/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hugh Herr]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Forbes Magazine: Hugh Herr, director of the biomechatronics group at MIT&#8217;s Media Lab, has spent the past 27 years revolutionizing technology for people with prosthetic limbs, His goal: to build artificial limbs that are superior to natural ones. Both of Herr&#8217;s legs were amputated below the knee when he was 17 after a rock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kennedy: Workers with disabilities are &#8216;untapped resource&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/24/kennedy-untapped-resource-22906/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment/jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[limb loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Americans with Disabilities Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New Haven [CT] Register: Speaking at a Connecticut disability hiring forum, Edward M. &#8220;Ted&#8221; Kennedy Jr. called employment &#8220;the final chapter of the civil rights struggle.&#8221; It is estimated that some 13 million working age Americans with disabilities are unable to find work. Kennedy, a lawyer who lives in Branford, Connecticut, lost his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cambodia cancels &#8216;Miss Landmine&#8217; beauty pageant</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/06/cambodia-miss-landmine-21436/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[limb loss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Guardian, BBC: A beauty pageant for victims of Cambodia&#8217;s millions of landmines has been canceled after the government denounced the event as an insult to disabled people. Khieu Khanarith, a government spokesman, said that the Miss Landmine contest, which was to have taken place this Friday, would &#8220;make a mockery of Cambodia&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids with disabilities have their own summer camps</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/06/summer-camps-21397/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC News: Because summer camps traditionally don&#8217;t serve kids with disabilities, specialty camps designed specifically for them are cropping up around the country. &#8220;Summer camp is just part of Americana, and if you&#8217;ve got children with particular special needs it&#8217;s just very difficult for them to readily fit into a mainstream setting,&#8221; said Sean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: ADA helps everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/22/editorial-ada-helps-everyone-20518/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, editors of the Green Bay [WI] Press Gazette salute 16-year-old Jonathan Heider (left), who has set his sights on competing in the 2012 Paralympics. Heider was born without arms or legs. An excerpt: The ADA has had its share of critics. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She&#8217;s suing over Abercrombie&#8217;s &#8216;Look Policy&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/16/abercrombie-suit-18572/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clerk says she was banished to the stockroom because prosthetic arm didn&#8217;t fit retailer&#8217;s image From the [UK] Daily Mail: A law student and part-time clerk is suing retailer Abercrombie &#38; Fitch for discrimination, saying representatives of the firm&#8217;s London store banished her to the stockroom because her prosthetic arm didn&#8217;t comport with the company&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Technology has redefined what it means to be disabled&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/05/disability-technology-17773/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blindness/visual impairments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Miami Herald (with video): Miami&#8217;s No Barriers Festival showcases technology from around the world that promises to transform the lives of people with disabilities, allowing them to be more independent. Among the innovations featured at the conference this weekend are an artificial sight generator; a GPS system for those who are blind; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amputee surfers paddle out again</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/05/12/amp-surfers-16172/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 21:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amy Ginsburg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Orange County [CA] Register: Surfers with amputations have been gathering at California&#8217;s San Onofre State Beach for a program called &#8220;Amp&#8217;d.&#8221; Some wear their prosthetics to surf; others don&#8217;t. Surfing with other amputees allows them to share tips, and to see that missing a limb doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t do what you love. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Their dancing invites stares</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/18/dancing-invites-stares-12202/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Long]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times, with video: A new modern dance company that calls itself Gimp is confronting public stereotypes about disability. Many of its members have undeveloped or amputated limbs, or bodies that defy common expectations. Dancer Catherine Long enjoys the way the dance production makes audiences reexamine what they think they know about [...]]]></description>
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