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		<title>Lawsuit: Special Olympics unfairly barred girl with service dog</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/25/lawsuit-special-olympics-service-dog-30099/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student with dog, oxygen tank wasn&#8217;t allowed on the basketball court From the Chicago Tribune, CBS/AP: A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a 17-year-old girl claims that the Special Olympics has improperly barred her from playing basketball in an after-school sports program at her West Chicago high school. Jenny Youthwith, who has developmental disabilities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inclusive school schedule shuts girl out of Special Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/19/inclusive-school-special-olympics-29249/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From WSAV TV, Savannah: A nine-year-old Georgia girl has been closed out of participating in her local Special Olympics because the scheduling of the events clashed with her school schedule. Reagan Argo-Wilbanks, who has Down syndrome, is included in general education classes in the Liberty County School System. &#8220;Because she has classroom subjects with regular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shriver stresses humanity of people with intellectual disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/19/shriver-humanity-28779/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a Washington Post profile of Tim Shriver, writer Manuel Roig-Franzia examines the Special Olympics chairman&#8217;s campaign to discourage language that makes fun at the expense of people with intellectual disabilities. Shriver has received apologies from President Obama, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and Bill O&#8217;Reilly (sort of) for &#8220;colloquial jabs about &#8216;retards&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Catholic schools serving students with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/23/catholic-students-disabilities-28537/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post: Federal law does not require Catholic schools to educate students with disabilities, and financial constraints have historically made it difficult for the schools to do so.  Church officials now say that is starting to change, with recent figures showing that 42 percent of Catholic schools offer some services for kids with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Around the web: Coverage of advocates&#8217; meeting with Emanuel</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/04/coverage-of-advocates-rahm-emanuel-27666/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post, a report that Rahm Emanuel will join the campaign to end use of &#8216;R-word.&#8217;  The White House chief of staff apologized for using the word &#8220;retarded&#8221; during a meeting last year, and told a group of disability rights advocates that he will join their campaign to discourage the use of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Olympics: Shriver didn&#8217;t accept Emanuel&#8217;s apology</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/03/shriver-didnt-accept-27642/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Smith, writing in politico.com, says the Special Olympics disputes a claim from an unnamed White House source that Tim Shriver accepted Rahm Emanuel&#8217;s apology for calling liberals &#8220;f&#8211;ing retarded.&#8221; An excerpt: The vice president for communications at the Special Olympics, Kirsten Seckler, told me that this account of the conversation is &#8220;inaccurate.&#8221; &#8220;Tim didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arc CEO: Emanuel&#8217;s private apology to Shriver is not enough</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/02/arc-ceo-seeks-public-apology-27593/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/02/arc-ceo-seeks-public-apology-27593/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s &#8220;Washington Wire&#8221; blog reports that Peter Berns, CEO of The Arc of the United States, is calling on White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to make a public expression of regret for his use of the epithet &#8220;f &#8212; ing retarded.&#8221; The White House has acknowledged that Emanuel used the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shriver to Emanuel: Let&#8217;s work together to end &#8216;R-word&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/27/shriver-to-emanuel-27340/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of a news report that the White House chief of staff used the words &#8220;f&#8211;g retarded&#8221; in a strategy session, Special Olympics chairman Timothy Shriver called on Rahm Emanuel to join his campaign to stamp out the &#8220;R-word.&#8221; Shriver&#8217;s letter to Emanuel, released today, said the terms &#8220;retard&#8221; and &#8220;retarded&#8221; perpetuate stereotypes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funding woes force sharp cutbacks at Special Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/07/funding-woes-pecial-olympics-27016/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/07/funding-woes-pecial-olympics-27016/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AP/Business Week: Special Olympics organizations around the country are cutting back on services and staffing as contributions and sponsorships decline. Special Olympics Inc. saw its year-end assets fall to $58.4 million in 2008, a 33 percent drop from $87.8 million in 2007. The Washington-based parent organization reportedly lost tens of millions of dollars when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paying tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/15/paying-tribute-shriver-21963/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From  Boston Globe (with video), Boston Herald, AP/Washington Post,and elsewhere. Officials and Special Olympians, who were clad in ribbons, led the funeral procession carrying a Special Olympics torch to St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church in Hyannis yesterday, paying tribute to their champion, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Loretta Claiborne, a former Special Olympics athlete and longtime [...]]]></description>
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