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		<title>HBO To Air New Film Tackling Disability Caregiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Diament</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new documentary chronicling one woman's experience as she assumes care of her sister with an intellectual disability is set to premiere on HBO later this month.]]></description>
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		<title>Transplant May Be In Sight For Girl With Intellectual Disability</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Diament</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weeks after claiming their 3-year-old was rejected for a kidney transplant because she has an intellectual disability, a New Jersey couple said the transplant may go through after all.]]></description>
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		<title>Teens With Autism Avoid Email, Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Heasley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as teens with autism use television, computers and other screen-based media more than their peers, new research suggests that they're shunning some of the Web's most popular offerings.]]></description>
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		<title>Institutions To Close Under Deal With Feds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Diament</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what Justice Department officials are hailing as their third landmark ADA agreement in as many years, one state will make strides toward enhancing community living for people with disabilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Claim: Girl Denied Transplant Because She&#8217;s &#8216;Mentally Retarded&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Diament</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Philadelphia hospital is taking heat after reportedly telling one mom her daughter would not be able to receive a kidney transplant because the 3-year-old has an intellectual disability.]]></description>
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		<title>Critics Question Obama Choice For Disability Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Diament</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A presidential appointment this week to a federal disability committee is drawing backlash from a group of self-advocates.]]></description>
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		<title>Autism Units Lacking At Nation&#8217;s Hospitals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Diament</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More psychiatric hospitals are working to meet the needs of kids with autism and other developmental disabilities, a new study finds, but despite significant growth, services remain limited.]]></description>
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		<title>Boy With Down Syndrome Hits Modeling Big Time</title>
		<link>http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/01/09/boy-modeling-big-time/14729/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Diament</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After appearing in a national ad for Target, a 6-year-old New Jersey boy with Down syndrome is making it big. Now, in their first interview, his parents open up to Disability Scoop.]]></description>
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		<title>Clooney Flick Draws Criticism For Use Of &#8216;Retarded&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Diament</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Clooney's new film "The Descendants" is getting some major Oscar buzz. But that's not why disability advocates are talking about the family drama.]]></description>
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		<title>Victimized Superman Fan With Disability Gets Happy Ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Heasley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a devoted Superman fan with an intellectual disability found his memorabilia collection was stolen, it took a few real-life superheroes to make things right again.]]></description>
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