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		<title>Paralympic Games called &#8216;best ever&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Vancouver Sun, [UK] Daily Mail: As the 2010 Paralympic Games concluded in Whistler Village this weekend, organizers said the event set new records for attendance and visibility around the world. &#8220;What a blast we&#8217;ve had,&#8221; Sir Phil Craven, the president of the International Paralympic Committee, shouted out to cheering crowds at the closing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain apologizes to Thalidomide survivors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, CNN,  BBC: The British government offered  &#8220;sympathy&#8221; and &#8220;regret&#8221; yesterday to survivors of the Thalidomide scandal, and unveiled a government plan award more than £20 million in compensation to survivors. The statement, by Health Minister Mike O&#8217;Brien, comes more than 50 years after one of the worst public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judy Woodruff: Looking for ways to talk about disability</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journalist Judy Woodruff jumps into the new PBS NewsHour blog, &#8220;The Rundown,&#8221; listing some topics she&#8217;s eager to talk about. Among her top five: Disability. An excerpt: Our older son has serious physical disabilities that have opened our entire family&#8217;s eyes to the plight of those who wake up each day with the equivalent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dance company explores bodies, wheels in motion</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/03/dance-company-wheelchairs-24940/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Axis Dance Company in Oakland, California, is made up of seven dancers. Four of them have physical disabilities and perform in wheelchairs. New York Times writer Bruce Weber says the collaboration among dancers with and without disabilities delivers a powerful message: Sympathy is irrelevant. Forget what isn&#8217;t here, and pay attention to what is. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project SEARCH opens doors to employment</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/14/project-search-24133/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Nashua Telegraph: In Nashua, New Hampshire, Project SEARCH is helping students with cognitive and physical disabilities find jobs. The program boosts employment for people with disabilities by offering a total immersion school-to-work program. All five of the graduates this year, including 21-year-old Noelle Hogan (left), are now working in the medical field. Hogan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fencing on wheels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times, with video: A fencing club in New Jersey has opened a new program, reportedly the first of its kind in the Northeast, to teach wheelchair fencing to young people with physical disabilities. The club&#8217;s first six fencers have conditions like spina bifida, cerebral palsy and spinal cord injuries. With only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Employers&#8217; fears of disability hiring are groundless</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/06/op-ed-employers-fears-23473/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in Business Week, Ralph Braun says studies show that hiring people with disabilities does not create higher costs for businesses, and yet the myths persist. He says employer bias poses significant barriers to hiring for people with disabilities, and quotes a recent study that found only 40 percent of American working-age adults with disabilities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability advocate was UK &#8216;people&#8217;s peer&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/13/disability-peoples-peer-22293/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the BBC, [UK] Guardian: Lady Nicky Chapman, the first person with a congenital disability to be appointed to the British House of Lords, has died. She was 48. Baroness Chapman was born with brittle bone disease and elected to the House of Lords as a &#8220;people&#8217;s peer&#8221; in 2004. She was known as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comic convention a big draw for people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/25/comic-con-20684/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Horn writes in the Los Angeles Times that an international comic convention in San Diego is attracting many attendees with disabilities. People with disabilities say they appreciate Comic-Con&#8217;s efforts to reach out to them, and say they have a special connection with comics, fantasy fiction and video gaming. So what&#8217;s the appeal? &#8220;Each hero [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Fair pay needed for caregivers</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/11/editorial-fair-pay-caregivers-20005/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times editorial board: Home care aides, who typically assist elderly and disabled clients, are among the most underpaid and overworked people in the work force, say the editors. Most make less than $10 an hour and are routinely denied overtime pay. As a result, those who rely on caregivers are plagued [...]]]></description>
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