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		<title>Tactile erotica?</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/17/tactile-erotica-29231/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Telegraph, Toronto Star: Canadian photographer Lisa Murphy has created what she calls a book of erotica for people with visual impairments. The book, called &#8220;Tactile Minds,&#8221; features photos of naked people that have been rendered in three-dimensional form. Murphy says she wants to appeal to  blind people who have been &#8220;left out&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: In celebration of hate crime law</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/05/obama-hate-crime-bill-25090/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From McClatchy-Tribune News Service in the Baltimore Sun: Kathi Wolfe, who identifies herself as a legally blind lesbian, says the president should be praised for signing the hate crime bill, which enlarges the definition of federal hate crimes to include those involving sexual orientation, gender or disability. Wolfe rejects claims that the law will inhibit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hate crime law may soon cover people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/09/house-vote-hate-crime-23735/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[NOT2BEMISSED]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times, AP/Washington Post, Los Angeles Times: Over the objections of Republicans, the House Thursday voted to broaden the federal hate-crime law to prohibit violence against people because of their disability, sexual orientation, gender or affiliation with the military. The measure, which now goes to the Senate, was attached to a $680 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports on champion athlete highlight birth defect</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/13/caster-semenya-22273/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Associated Press: Experts say the media frenzy surrounding South African track star Caster Semenya, 18, spotlights a birth defect that is rarely discussed: &#8220;disorders of sexual development.&#8221; Two Australian newspapers recently reported that tests show Semenya has both male and female sexual characteristics. The reports have not been confirmed. Experts say the public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young man with Down syndrome decides to wait for Miss Right</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/15/down-syndrome-miss-right-20143/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Down syndrome]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lucy Baxter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Telegraph: Otto Baxter, 21, who made headlines around the world when his mother said she was even willing to hire a prostitute to fulfill his desire to have sex, has decided he&#8217;d rather wait. Baxter has Down syndrome. His mother, Lucy, said that &#8220;since Otto was in the news he has literally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family sues assisted living center, alleges sexual abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/08/family-sues-sex-19863/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From KTRK-TV, Houston: A family is suing a Houston-area assisted living center, alleging that its policy on sex by residents led to widespread X-rated activity and eventually the sexual assault of their daughter. The family, which was not named, alleged that Willow River Farms in San Felipe adopted a policy in 2008 that permitted residents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buddy road trip &#8230; with a twist</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/03/buddy-road-trip-19591/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Gordinier from Details magazine writes about his Las Vegas road trip with the serene and restrained Bill McMullen, 28, and his virgin frat boy companion, Otto Baxter, 21, who is hoping to score. The twist: Otto has Down syndrome, and Bill is his paid personal assistant. My job,&#8221; Bill says, &#8220;is to help Otto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critics say bill restricts sexual freedom for adults with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/30/sexual-freedom-15316/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 01:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[stigma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judy Norsigian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathi-Anne Reinstein]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Boston Globe: A Massachusetts bill that was intended to protect vulnerable people from sexual exploitation has stirred widespread protest among senior citizens and people with disabilities, who say it could instead criminalize self-expression. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein, says people over age 60 and people with disabilities who have been declared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: Sex is part of full life for people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/17/sex-disabilities-14563/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intellectual/developmental disabilities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Ralph Savarese, writing in the Des Moines Register, responds to a question posed by his 16-year-old son with autism. &#8220;Will I ever get to have sex?&#8221; the young man asked via his talking computer. An excerpt: On the whole, we&#8217;ve come a long way from the incarceration, sterilization, and eugenics of the 20th century, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir explores genetic disorder, learning disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/03/quinn-bradlee-13587/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/03/quinn-bradlee-13587/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Different Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sally Quinn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[velocardiofacial syndrome]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Good Morning America (video) and USA Today: Quinn Bradlee, the son of former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee and journalist Sally Quinn, has written a memoir, &#8220;A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures.&#8221; Bradlee, 26, learned as a teenager that he has velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS), a genetic disorder that affects [...]]]></description>
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