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			<title><![CDATA[Detroit riders with disabilities concerned about para-transit dispute]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[At the end of last week, leaders from Detroit's disability and religious communities called on Mayor Bing to resolve a contract dispute affecting the city's para-transit system.

According a Detroit News story, &quot;Earlier this month, the city announced ATC/Vancom Inc. recently operating as]]></description>
			<author>(McKinzie Brantley)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:28:46</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rosa's Law: Final word on the 'r' word?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some of my friends and family give me grief for being too politically correct on disability issues, especially when it comes to with use of the &quot;r&quot; word. In this case, I'm one of those people who think the use of the term &quot;mental retardation&quot; should end. 

On Tuesday, Sen.]]></description>
			<author>(McKinzie Brantley)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:19:45</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Controversial 'Cast Offs' challenges assumptions about people with disabilities]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As much as I hate to admit it, I watch more than my fair share of reality TV. I wish I had access to British TV so I could watch &quot;Cast Offs.&quot; It's  a new pseudo-reality show that's styled after programs like &quot;Survivor&quot; but featuring characters with disabilities.

According to]]></description>
			<author>(McKinzie Brantley)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:57:51</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[First legally blind governor, Paterson, to run for re-election]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, New York Gov. David Paterson formally announced his intention to run for re-election next year.

 Gov. Paterson is the state's first African-American governor and the first legally blind governor in the country. He moved into office from his lieutenant governor role when Gov.]]></description>
			<author>(McKinzie Brantley)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:43:08</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Disability shouldn't equal poverty]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The lousy economy. The abysmal job market. We can't go a day without being confronted by the Great Recession. Michigan is particularly aware of this, as the state is among the hardest hit by the downturn. As most economists are quick to point out, these things are cyclical and we will eventually]]></description>
			<author>(Chris Privett)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:24:24</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[H1N1 hits youth with disabilities harder]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Recently, the president declared the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, a national emergency. There have been cases in 46 states, including Michigan.

It seems that the outbreak may be cause for particular concern to chidren with disabilities. As the Associated Press reported earlier this]]></description>
			<author>(McKinzie Brantley)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:15:22</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Hawking tune has Detroit connection]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I can't wait to hear the new single by Stephen Hawking. Yep, that Stephen Hawking, the noted physicist has lent his voice to a new single titled &quot;A Glorious Dawn.&quot;

The tune was conceived as a tribute to the late astronomer Carl Sagan and is being released to coincide with his 75th]]></description>
			<author>(McKinzie Brantley)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:19:47</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A few words with White House special assistant Kareem Dale]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to President Obama for Disability Policy, recently spent a few minutes with me discussing employment issues, how health care reform will impact the disability community, and the administration's priorities for 2010.

Dale, who is visually impaired , is originally]]></description>
			<author>(McKinzie Brantley)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:57:11</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flint playwright earns scholarship]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kristi Starnes, a graduate student and playwright at the University of Iowa, recently received the  David and Rosalie Braverman Scholarship for her community service work.

The Flint Journal ran a nice profile of Starnes, who is a person with a learning disability.]]></description>
			<author>(McKinzie Brantley)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:58:29</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Mobility magazine celebrates 20 years]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to New Mobility magazine, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. New Mobility began publishing to provide information about life after spinal cord injury and other disability issues. 

The magazine built a solid audience by focusing on wheelchair-users who wish to]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:20:00</pubDate>
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