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		<title>New theme park is designed for people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/10/new-theme-park-29138/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC Good Morning America: A father&#8217;s vision for his own daughter has led to the creation of a 25-acre theme park tailored to serve people with disabilities. Opening Saturday in San Antonio, Texas, Morgan&#8217;s Wonderland features high-tech attractions designed to suit a wide range of cognitive and physical needs, rides that accommodate wheelchairs, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: Adults with autism face major obstacles, not much help</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/09/column-adults-autism-obstacles-29128/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neil Greenspan, writing in the Huffington Post, says the fundamental problems facing adults with autism-related disabilities are rarely addressed by the media. Reasonably typical, he says, is a young adult of his acquaintance who lives alone and is unemployed and socially isolated. Among the problems Greenspan sees for adults with autism: A lack of organized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents seek to create lifelong home for adult children with autism</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/18/adult-program-22521/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Cincinnati Enquirer: A group of Ohio parents have banded together to create a rural residential and employment program for their adult children with autism. It&#8217;s estimated that the non-profit Safe Haven Farms will cost $3.2 million, and will house up to 24 adults. Sometimes lost amid questions about what causes autism and why [...]]]></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>Easter egg hunt features beeping plastic eggs</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/11/easter-egg-hunt-14153/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Colorado Springs Gazette: The Qwest Pioneers, a volunteer group of Qwest employees, hosted an adaptive Easter egg hunt at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind this week that featured a technological innovation for those with visual impairments &#8211; audible plastic eggs. The handmade eggs were based on a 1964 invention of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gift-giving a challenge when kids have autism</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/12/17/gift-giving-autism-6262/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chicago Tribune: Choosing gifts for kids who have autism may be difficult &#8212; particularly when their desires are for things that may seem exotic or not age-appropriate. &#8220;Once I let go of some of those social expectations &#8230; and bought what I just thought would make her happy, it&#8217;s all been good,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Life as a disabled gamer&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/10/08/gamer-3407/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest editorial by Andrew Monkelban in Wired Magazine. Monkelban is an avid player of video games who says he has &#8220;always received strange looks&#8221; from other gamers. An excerpt: I was born with cerebral palsy, a non-progressive condition that affects the part of the brain that handles the limbs and fine motor functions. I&#8217;m unable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Karaoke group shows the power of song&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/10/01/karaoke-group-3356/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Des Moines Register: Cy Arnett and three other men with intellectual disabilities rock out at a karaoke bar in Des Moines each week. Between performances, they live in a group home. Bar owner Billy Bryant said at first some of the regulars at Billy Joe&#8217;s Pitcher Show didn&#8217;t understand the &#8220;Greased Lightning boys,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling with autism</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/09/14/traveling-with-autism-3195/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: Families that include people with autism are determined to enjoy family vacations, and a small but growing number of tour operators, travel agents and resorts are offering getaways that are specially geared to their needs. Opportunities include an &#8220;Autism on the Seas&#8221; package on a Royal Caribbean liner, a Colorado [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cities making playgrounds more accessible</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/07/21/parks-accessible-2757/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chicago Tribune and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Cities around the country are retooling their playgrounds to accommodate children with special needs. In Evanston, Illinois, parents raised money to build a special public playground on the lakefront in which virtually every piece of equipment is wheelchair accessible. In Seattle, the nonprofit Children&#8217;s PlayGarden is working [...]]]></description>
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