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		<title>Spike in birth defects prompts questions in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/19/rise-in-birth-defects-25527/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Guardian: Doctors and parents are reporting a sharp rise in the number of children with congenital birth defects in Iraq&#8217;s Falluja area, which is known for some of the country&#8217;s fiercest fighting and largest munitions fallout. &#8220;It&#8217;s like we are treating patients immediately after Hiroshima,&#8221; said Dr. Bassem Allah, the senior obstetrician [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates to protest humanitarian award for Jerry Lewis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disability rights advocates have announced plans to protest the decision by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scientists to grant its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to comedian Jerry Lewis this weekend for his telethon work raising funds for muscular dystrophy. They say that Lewis has stoked pity and prejudice toward people with disabilities, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress OKs Kennedy-Brownback disability diagnosis bill</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/09/25/kennedy-brownback-3-3302/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Patricia E. Bauer The House has joined the Senate in passing a measure that disability rights advocates hope will fundamentally change the conversations that are taking place between pregnant American women and their doctors. Passed on a voice vote on Thursday, the bill would provide for accurate, up-to-date information and support for parents who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with Ms.Wheelchair America</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/08/03/mswheelchair-america-2878/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Houston Chronicle: Michelle Colvard, the reigning Ms. Wheelchair America, is touring the nation to challenge stereotypes about women with disabilities. The 32-year-old Colvard also serves as executive director of the mayor&#8217;s office for people with disabilities in Houston. In a Q&#38;A, Colvard says she wants the public to stop seeing women with disabilities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Judy Woodruff on life with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/07/26/qa-judy-woodruff-2806/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch: Preparing to anchor the presidential forum on disability issues, broadcaster Judy Woodruff says her 26-year-old son Jeffrey, who has spina bifida, has opened her eyes to the way the world looks from a wheelchair. Having somebody in the family who is disabled is a lesson every day &#8212; in humanity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. athletes prepare for Paralympic games</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/07/12/paralympics-2680/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Baltimore Sun: Nineteen-year-old Tatyana McFadden, a wheelchair sprint racer from Maryland, is among a growing number of athletes with disabilities who are being sought out by corporate America for sponsorships. A member of the U.S. Paralympic team, McFadden is being featured on 100 million drinking cups in McDonald&#8217;s restaurants across the country, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Insure your unborn baby&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/04/27/insure-your-unborn-baby-2028/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald: Expectant mothers will be able to insure their unborn babies against pregnancy complications, birth defects and even death under a new policy offered by insurance giant ING. The program is called the first of its kind in Australia, possibly the world, and will be aimed at the growing population [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland grants equal opportunities to athletes with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/04/10/maryland-grants-equal-opportunities-to-athletes-with-disabilities-1920/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post: The Maryland General Assembly passed a bill Monday night that will require county boards of education to allow students with disabilities to have equal opportunities to participate in physical education programs and on mainstream athletic teams. The Fitness and Athletics Equity for Students with Disabilities Act came about in part because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politically correct eugenics</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/22/politically-correct-eugenics-1801/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brownback and Kennedy do the right thing By Wesley J. Smith in the Weekly Standard: It is a bitter irony that even as we are enlarging our commitment to human equality in many areas, we are turning our backs on it in others. In particular, we may be about to eliminate from our society people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wheelchair athlete lobbies Maryland for integrated athletics</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/12/wheelchair-athlete-lobbies-maryland-for-integrated-athletics-1693/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urges legislators to allow students with disabilities to compete alongside typical peers From the Baltimore Sun: Tatyana McFadden, an internationally recognized Paralympic athlete, is lobbying lawmakers in Annapolis to ensure that athletes with disabilities can compete alongside their non-disabled peers. McFadden, a high school senior who earlier sued for the right to share the track [...]]]></description>
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