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		<title>State shuts care center after autistic man dies in sweltering van</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/10/heat-death-van-29958/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Philadelphia Inquirer: Pennsylvania officials have ordered a care center to close a program where an autistic man died July 24 in an overheated parked van, and said they would remove eight other residents and bar the program from accepting new clients pending an investigation. Woods Services Inc., which serves about 1,400 people with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NJ to create registry of abusive caregivers</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/05/04/nj-abusive-caregivers-29518/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From NJ.com: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed legislation designed to identify caregivers who neglect or exploit people with disabilities under their care. The measure will create a statewide registry, as well as an emergency hotline for reports of suspected abuse. It follows the 2008  death of Tara O&#8217;Leary, a 28-year-old woman with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of workers disciplined for mistreating disabled people</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/13/texas-abuse-18336/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Associated Press/Austin American-Statesman: Nearly 270 employees were fired or suspended in fiscal 2008 for abusing or neglecting residents with intellectual disabilities at Texas institutions, according to records obtained by the Associated Press. Documents obtained by the AP showed that 11 of the firings or suspensions were considered serious because they involved physical or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firm&#8217;s history shows change in attitudes toward disability hiring</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/05/26/henrys-turkey-service-17182/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 12:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henry&#8217;s Turkey Service once was praised, is now condemned From the Des Moines Register: Four decades ago, Henry&#8217;s Turkey Service of Goldthwaite, Texas, was hailed as a national leader because it hired people with intellectual disabilities. But society&#8217;s attitudes and practices toward hiring people with disabilities have changed since then, even as the company&#8217;s policies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas lawmakers abandon bid to close institutions</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/29/texas-institutions-2-15287/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sponsors say they couldn&#8217;t muster support Federal report last year found widespread abuse, neglect, civil rights violations in &#8216;state schools&#8217; From the Dallas Morning News, Austin American-Statesman: Texas legislators Rep. Patrick Rose and Sen. Rodney Ellis have withdrawn a proposal to require consolidation or closure of the state&#8217;s troubled institutions for people with intellectual disabilities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atalissa probe widens</title>
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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>More cases like Atalissa possible, Iowa official says</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/07/atalissa-13804/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AP/Houston Chronicle, Cedar Rapids [IA] Gazette: The head of an Iowa task force says there could be more cases in the state in which people with intellectual disabilities are being exploited. John McCalley urged the legislature to authorize additional regulations to help authorities intervene if abuse is detected. The task force was created to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials see rise in fraud, abuse by home health workers</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/02/home-health-fraud-13461/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Boston Globe: Massachusetts officials say reports of fraud, abuse and neglect by personal health care attendants in the state have tripled over the past few years, just as the state&#8217;s Medicaid program has significantly increased the amount of money it spends on the workers. As a result, new concerns are being raised about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family seeks to sue Texas over attack on son in institution</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/24/family-seeks-to-sue-texas-12937/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Dallas Morning News, AP/Houston Chronicle: The family of Hasib Chishty is seeking permission to sue the state of Texas for a 2002 attack at the Denton State School that left the 34-year-old paralyzed. Chishty, who has an intellectual impairment but was otherwise physically healthy until the attack, is now unable to walk or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arc to Obama: We want change, not just an apology</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/24/arc-letter-to-president-12766/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter V. Berns, executive director of the The Arc of the United States, is calling on President Obama to use the controversy around his Special Olympics remark as an opportunity to advance public understanding and acceptance of people with intellectual disabilities. The comments come in a letter to the president posted on the organization&#8217;s website. [...]]]></description>
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