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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>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>Judi Chamberlin, advocated for people with mental illnesses</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/19/judi-chamberlin-27227/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joe Shapiro, National Public Radio: Judi Chamberlin, an outspoken advocate for the rights and dignity of people with mental illness, died of lung disease over the weekend at her home in Arlington, Mass. She was 65. Shapiro calls her &#8220;a civil rights hero from a civil rights movement you may never have heard of.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murder case highlights danger of mixing felons, vulnerable adults</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/17/mixing-felons-vulnerable-26755/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chicago Tribune: A convicted felon has been charged with the murder of a dementia patient at an Illinois nursing home, exposing the dangerous mix of violent and vulnerable residents at residential facilities in that state. Ardyce Nauden, 62, has been charged with homicide in the beating death of 72-year-old Andres Cardona, who wandered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book: Howie Mandel on OCD, ADHD</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/24/book-howie-mandel-25910/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From USA Today: Comedian Howie Mandel answers questions about his new book, &#8220;Here&#8217;s the Deal: Don&#8217;t Touch Me&#8221; , arriving in stores today. The book details his lifelong struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. An excerpt: Q: In your book, you say any public restroom freaks you out because of the germ factor. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental health advocates push for nursing home reform</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/31/advocates-push-illinois-24885/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chicago Tribune: Mental health advocates in Illinois are seeking a major overhaul in the way the state manages patients with mental illness, arguing that the state should not be placing people in nursing homes when they could be treated more cheaply and effectively in community settings. The volatile mix of felons, mentally ill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates protest Halloween &#8216;Asylum of Terror&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/31/halloween-24894/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [Newark, NJ] Star-Ledger: A haunted house at the Red Mill Museum in Clinton, NJ, has angered mental health advocates, who say  the &#8220;Asylum of Terror&#8221; theme reinforces negative stereotypes about mental illness. Advertisements for the fictional show warn visitors that the wretched souls imprisoned in the asylum were tormented by &#8220;dementia, paranoia, violent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glenn Close, family confront stigma of mental illness</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/22/actress-glenn-close-24495/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC News (with video): Actress Glenn Close and her sister, Jessie Close, are appearing in a national ad campaign aimed at countering stima and providing support to people with mental illness. Jessie Close has bipolar disorder. In the ad for the nonprofit BringChange2Mind, Jessie Close wears a t-shirt that says &#8220;bipolar;&#8221; Glenn Close&#8217;s shirt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: &#8216;Justice for the mentally disabled&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/21/editorial-ny-adult-homes-24453/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An editorial in the New York Times hails the Obama Justice Department for enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act. Justice Department lawyers are seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit involving people with mental illness who are being held in &#8220;adult homes&#8221; that are &#8220;more like jails than houses.&#8221; An excerpt: &#8230; in the letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Families ambivalent over New York group home decision</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/10/families-ambivalen-23751/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: Families express mixed emotions over a recent court decision that is pushing New York State to move people with mental illness from institutional homes to less restrictive settings. A federal judge ruled last month that New York was illegally discriminating against 4,300 people with mental illness by holding them in [...]]]></description>
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