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		<title>&#8216;Teenagers With Autism: Want a Job?&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/03/teenagers-with-autism-13604/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From U.S. News &#38; World Report:
As children with autism are growing up and looking to the future, innovative programs are popping up around the country to help them move from high school to adult life.
The aim: give them the chance to go to work, go to college, or even start a business rather than collecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transition planning still difficult for families, educators</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/16/transition-planning-difficult-12052/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Education Week:
More than three decades after the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, transition planning continues to be a challenge for students, parents and educators.
With about half of students with disabilities planning to pursue postsecondary education, many are finding it tough to navigate without the active IDEA-mandated support that was provided in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget cuts threaten Virginia program for adults with intellectual disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/14/virginia-budget-cuts-11920/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post:
Impending budget cuts in suburban Fairfax County are threatening to close a program that helps adults with intellectual disabilities build independent lives. The 20-year-old program has a $1 million annual pricetag.
Mary Yates, 22, and her parents had been planning on using the program to help launch her into a new life when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students with disabilities face tricky transition to college</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/10/25/college-transition-3952/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post, a feature on the growing number of students with learning disabilities who are entering college. Twenty years ago, only one in 100 students with learning disabilities would graduate from high school and go on to a four-year college. Today, that number is about one in nine.
For many, the transition isn&#8217;t easy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer: Young people with disabilities need jobs, a chance at life</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/08/19/jobs-needed-2990/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the [UK] Guardian, Janet Murray says the UK needs to provide more options for young adults with learning disabilities after they finish school.
Too many of these young people find themselves stifled by inappropriate adult day care centers that do nothing to help them gain skills and independence, she says. Less than five percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students with disabilities face &#8216;abyss&#8217; after high school</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/04/01/students-with-disabilities-face-abyss-after-high-school-1860/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Associated Press in the Washington Post:
For some students with disabilities, the end of high school can mark an abrupt end to support services that have helped them since early childhood. Advocates say young adults with disabilities face waiting lists and tight funding for needed services, impeding their ability to lead independent lives after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transition center helps students develop their talents</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/31/transition-center-helps-students-develop-their-talents-1853/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times, a feature on the Center for Transition Planning, in its second year at Mamaroneck, New York, High School. The center helps students with special needs to develop skills that will help them lead purposeful lives when they leave school.
This year&#8217;s goal was to help students draw on personal interests to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British strategy offers more control for people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/05/british-strategy-offers-more-control-for-people-with-disabilities-1629/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans to transform the lives of disabled people are announced
From the [UK] Guardian:
The British Office for Disability Issues has released its plans for giving people with disabilities more choice and control over the support they need and greater access to employment, transportation, health and housing opportunities.
Said Prime Minister Gordon Brown, &#8220;We are committed to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risks of giving financial freedom to adults with autism</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/05/risks-of-giving-financial-freedom-to-adults-with-autism-1627/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/05/risks-of-giving-financial-freedom-to-adults-with-autism-1627/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Column by Richard J. Dalton Jr. in Newsday:
Adults with autism spectrum disorders are now achieving greater levels of independence than ever before, and with their increased autonomy come concerns about whether they can successfully manage their own financial affairs in a world they don&#8217;t completely understand.
Parents worry that these young people can be too naive [...]]]></description>
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