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		<title>Obama Education Overhaul To Up Ante For Students With Disabilities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is calling for students with disabilities to "graduate from high school ready for college and a career" just like their typically developing peers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/15/blueprint-sped/7332/</link>
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		<title>New Gene Test Identifies More Cases Of Autism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A relatively new genetic test is much more likely to detect autism than two more popular methods, though no gene test flags the vast majority of cases, researchers said Monday.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/15/autism-gene-test-study/7323/</link>
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		<title>Settlement Paves Way For Thousands To Depart Institutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About 4,500 people with disabilities in Illinois will be able to move into community living environments under an agreement filed Monday in federal court.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/15/illinois-housing-suit/7320/</link>
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		<title>Vaccine Preservative Does Not Cause Autism, Court Finds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A federal "vaccine court" delivered the second of a one-two punch Friday to parents who believe vaccines are to blame for their children's autism.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/12/vaccine-court/7313/</link>
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		<title>Autism-Vaccine Researcher Suspected After $2 Million Missing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vaccine critics are pouncing after an autism researcher who helped conduct two studies dismissing a link between vaccines and autism finds himself under investigation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/12/thorsen/7307/</link>
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		<title>Paralympic Founder Wants Games Concurrent With Olympics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A major voice behind the International Paralympic Committee is calling for future winter games to be held simultaneously with the Olympics.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/11/paralympics-2/7298/</link>
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		<title>National Academic Standards Call For Higher Bar In Special Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A sweeping new proposal offers "a historic opportunity" for students with disabilities "to excel within the general curriculum," proponents say.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/11/national-academic-standards/7295/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Assburgers Syndrome&#8217; Among Google&#8217;s Most Searched Following NBC Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Variations of the term "Asperger's syndrome" topped Google searches Wednesday, following the second episode of NBC's "Parenthood" which features a character with the disorder.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/10/aspergers-google/7284/</link>
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		<title>Feds Step In Amid &#8216;Imminent And Serious Threats&#8217; To Residents At Institution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department is asking a federal court to prevent children from being admitted to an Arkansas institution, alleging mistreatment and unnecessary segregation at the facility.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/10/arkansas-justice-court/7282/</link>
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		<title>In Shift, Autism Speaks Appoints Self-Advocate To Advisory Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of criticism for not including self-advocates in its leadership, Autism Speaks says it is appointing an individual with autism to one of its committees for the first time.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/09/autism-speaks-appointment/7271/</link>
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