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		<title>US Airways ejects man with wheelchair: &#8216;Too disabled to fly&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC News, CNN, Grand Rapids [MI] Press: Johnnie Tuitel, a motivational speaker who uses a wheelchair, says he was forced to leave a recent US Airways flight before takeoff because flight personnel had decided that he was &#8220;too disabled to fly.&#8221; Tuitel, who has cerebral palsy, said the incident occurred last month while he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman: More work needed to achieve ADA&#8217;s promise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Providence Journal, Boston Globe: Rep. James Langevin (D-Rhode Island) writes that only a generation ago, people with disabilities were commonly treated as second-class citizens. Langevin, who was paralyzed at the age of 16 as a result of an accident, says the 20th anniversary of the ADA offers an opportunity not just to celebrate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland schools open sports to kids with disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Baltimore Sun: The organization governing school sports in Maryland has changed its rules to allow students with disabilities to participate alongside their peers in some cases. The decision, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, follows a successful federal lawsuit by Paralympic athlete Tatyana McFadden, who four years ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paralympics icon Hansen says Games have come a long way</title>
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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 and 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. [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dance company explores bodies, wheels in motion</title>
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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&#8217;t here, and pay attention to what is. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Sidewalks become battlegrounds&#8217;</title>
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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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></description>
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