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		<title>iPad boosts communication for kids with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/10/13/ipad-communication-30251/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Wall Street Journal: Parents and therapists say the Apple iPad tablet computer is providing an important new way to help kids with speech and communication difficulties. &#8212; and one that is both less expensive and more &#8220;cool&#8221; than anything previously available. A growing number of speech-related applications, including Proloquo2Go, are being developed for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House OKs &#8216;Rosa&#8217;s Law&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would eliminate term &#8216;mentally retarded&#8217; from federal law Press releases from Sen. Barbara Mikulski, The ARC of the United States: Acting unanimously, the House of Representatives last night approved a bill to remove the terms &#8220;mentally retarded&#8221; and &#8220;mental retardation&#8221; from federal education, health and labor laws. The measure, called &#8220;Rosas&#8217; Law&#8221; in honor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California community stunned by slaying of man with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/17/ernie-hernandez-jr-30021/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ernie Hernandez Jr. died of multiple stab wounds; Police say they see no motive in &#8216;a very brutal, a very violent&#8217; attack From KTXL-TV, Sacramento, the Modesto [CA] Bee, KTXL-TV, Sacramento, KCRA-TV, Sacramento: Police in Modesto, California, are investigating the death of  37-year-old Ernie Hernandez Jr., who was stabbed multiple times in the head and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complaint box: Whatever happened to tact?</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/06/08/complaint-box-tact-29688/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cerebral palsy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poet Jennifer Bartlett writes in the New York Times City Room blog about her experiences with rude people who feel free to comment on her disability. Bartlett has cerebral palsy. An excerpt: Bus riders have referred to me as mentally backward (while I was reading James Joyce), and waitresses routinely ask my companion what I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV shows feature characters with Asperger&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/01/tv-shows-aspergers-28660/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Sepinwall, [Newark] Star-Ledger NBC&#8217;s new drama &#8220;Parenthood,&#8221; premiering Tuesday night, features a family whose son is diagnosed with Asperger&#8217;s syndrome. It&#8217;s among an increasing number of television shows that are trying to depict characters with the disorder, and is one of the first to acknowledge the diagnosis. An excerpt: &#8230; the storyline &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy pledges to prosecute backers of Facebook hate page</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/23/italy-facebook-hate-site-28512/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Site advocated using kids with Down syndrome for target practice From Reuters, New York Time,  Agence France Press: Italy&#8217;s equality minister threatened legal action against the &#8220;thousands of idiots&#8221; involved in an Italian Facebook group that called for children with Down syndrome to be used for target practice. The page, which has been shut down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shriver: &#8216;Retard&#8217; is the language of bigotry</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/15/shriver-retard-bigotry-28075/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Timothy Shriver, writing in the Washington Post, says the word &#8220;retard&#8221; masks a prejudice that is so widespread that it goes unquestioned. People with intellectual disabilities, he says, are frequently the victims of abuse, indifference and negligent death. They face crushing unemployment, poor health care, poor living conditions and social ostracism. Changing these tragic realities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columnist: &#8216;Defending the &#8216;r-word&#8217; is the defense of bullies&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/14/columnist-r-word-bullies-28053/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson. Refuting an op-ed in support of the use of the word &#8220;retard,&#8221; Gerson says what is worst about the current public conversation is &#8220;a dismissive attitude toward the struggles of the disabled.&#8221; People who wish to understand the context of the current debate, Gerson says, would do well to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: Asperger&#8217;s diagnosis no longer needed</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/11/commentary-aspergers-diagnosis-27956/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roy Richard Grinker, writing an op-ed in the New York Times, endorses a proposal by the American Psychiatric Association to fold Asperger&#8217;s disorder into the broader category of autism spectrum disorder. An excerpt: The change is welcome, because careful study of people with Asperger&#8217;s has demonstrated that the diagnosis is misleading and invalid, and there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Arc to Limbaugh: Meet with us</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/08/the-arc-to-limbaugh-27799/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a letter signed by CEO Peter V. Berns, the Arc of the United States has invited talk show host Rush Limbaugh to meet personally with a group of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their parents and siblings to discuss his repeated use of the word &#8220;retard&#8221; on a recent radio broadcast. An [...]]]></description>
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