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		<title>Paralympics icon Hansen says Games have come a long way</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/19/paralympics-icon-28800/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Toronto Globe &#38; Mail, Canadian athlete Rick Hansen says the Paralympic Games have made great progress since he won six medals for wheelchair racing in 1980 and 1984.
He cites improvements in training, equipment and sponsorship, but acknowledges that &#8220;it&#8217;s going to be a difficult challenge&#8221; to bring broader acceptance to the Games. An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: &#8216;Wheelchair doesn&#8217;t make employee perfect&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Columnist Helen Henderson writes in the Toronto Star about a scene on the ABC television series Private Practice, in which a hospital executive &#8220;feels trapped by the specter of political correctness&#8221; because she fears confronting a doctor with a disability.
Henderson says the scene underscores a real workplace problem: Employers are wary of disability hiring because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another blown chance to hire actor with a disability?</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/12/glee-episode-25284/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On &#8216;Glee,&#8217; the guy in the chair doesn&#8217;t really need one
 From the Associated Press:
Disability advocates in Hollywood say the hit Fox series &#8220;Glee,&#8221; represents yet another missed opportunity. The show hired Kevin McHale, an actor without a disability, to play the role of Artie, a paraplegic high school student.
&#8220;I think there&#8217;s a fear of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dance company explores bodies, wheels in motion</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/03/dance-company-wheelchairs-24940/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Axis Dance Company in Oakland, California, is made up of seven dancers. Four of them have physical disabilities and perform in wheelchairs. New York Times writer Bruce Weber says the collaboration among dancers with and without disabilities delivers a powerful message:
Sympathy is irrelevant. Forget what isn’t here, and pay attention to what is. Recognize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Sidewalks become battlegrounds&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/26/sidewalk-access-24630/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From USA Today:
Crumbling sidewalks across the nation don&#8217;t meet federal requirements for disability access, putting people in wheelchairs at risk as they take to the streets.
Although there are no specific statistics on the number of accidents involving wheelchairs in streets, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation&#8217;s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, disability was a factor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fencing on wheels</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/13/wheelchair-fencing-23958/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times, with video:
A fencing club in New Jersey has opened a new program, reportedly the first of its kind in the Northeast, to teach wheelchair fencing to young people with physical disabilities.
The club&#8217;s first six fencers have conditions like spina bifida, cerebral palsy and spinal cord injuries. With only 27 wheelchair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Employers&#8217; fears of disability hiring are groundless</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/06/op-ed-employers-fears-23473/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in Business Week, Ralph Braun says studies show that hiring people with disabilities does not create higher costs for businesses, and yet the myths persist.
He says employer bias poses significant barriers to hiring for people with disabilities, and quotes a recent study that found only 40 percent of American working-age adults with disabilities are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas man brings hope, wheelchairs to Iraqi kids</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/31/iraqwheelchairs-21046/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CNN &#8216;Heroes&#8217;:
Brad Blauser came to Iraq as a civilian contractor in 2004, but quit that job to devote himself fulltime to distributing free wheelchairs to Iraqi kids.
So far, his Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids has distributed nearly 650 free pediatric wheelchairs. He works without compensation.
UNICEF estimates that one in seven Iraqi children aged 2 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wheelchair shows problems of health care reform</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/30/wheelchair-health-care-reform-21018/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CNN:
Debbie Brown, a Sacramento woman, has been using a no-frills wheelchair provided by Medicare at a cost to taxpayers of about $1,200.
CNN went to Apria Healthcare, the same company that charges Medicare for the rental of Brown&#8217;s wheelchair, and paid cash for a comparable model. The cost: $349, or about a fourth of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability rights advocates rally for community choice</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/22/disability-rights-rally-20500/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Choice Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [Salt Lake City] Deseret News:
Forty members of the disability rights advocacy group ADAPT have been blocking the Democratic Party&#8217;s national headquarters in Washington, seeking support for the Community Choice Act. Other members of the group have been staging protests in state Democratic Party headquarters around the country.
The measure would allow people with disabilities [...]]]></description>
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