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		<title>&#8220;If London Can Run an Accessible Fleet&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2012/01/18/if-london-can-run-an-accessible-fleet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two prominent disability organizations responded to the January 5 New York Times Op-Ed by Matthew Daus, a former chairman of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission regarding the availability of accessible taxis in New York. I had written a post about the Op-Ed, saying that Daus&#8217;s proposed plan &#8212; to create a &#8220;dial-a-ride&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYC Needs to Mellow over Accessible Yellow Cabs</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2012/01/05/nyc-needs-to-mellow-over-accessible-yellow-cabs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WHAT'S HOT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accessibility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are 13,000 taxis plying their trade each day in New York City, yet people with disabilities have no &#8220;meaningful access&#8221; to them: Only around 230 cabs, or 2%, are accessible to people using wheelchairs. So when a U.S. judge ruled in December that the city would need to come up with a way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hire Gauge Reveals ROI Around Inclusive Hiring</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/12/12/hire-gauge-reveals-roi-around-inclusive-hiring/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2011/12/12/hire-gauge-reveals-roi-around-inclusive-hiring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan McDonnell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re running a business – small, medium-sized or large – you should check out Think Beyond the Label’s Hire Gauge. I would argue it’s a must. Hire Gauge is the first-ever online tool to calculate the return on the investment (ROI) your organization can generate from hiring qualified workers with disabilities. For a typical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Dept. Sets 7% Hiring Goal for Disabled Workers</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/12/08/labor-dept-sets-7-hiring-goal-for-disabled-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2011/12/08/labor-dept-sets-7-hiring-goal-for-disabled-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[work]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Veterans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abledbody.com/?p=6073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a move it calls necessary for helping more people with disabilities get hired amid a dismal unemployment rate: A new rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to set a hiring goal of 7% for the employment of people with disabilities. The new rule, if passed into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Jobs Portal for People with Disabilities</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/11/29/new-jobs-portal-for-people-with-disabilities/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2011/11/29/new-jobs-portal-for-people-with-disabilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[americans with disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring people with disabilities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abledbody.com/?p=6063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Think Beyond the Label today launched an online jobs portal that connects job seekers with disabilities to employers, including those that are actively seeking to hire them. The job-search engine gives candidates with disabilities access to 860,000 jobs listings from large and small employers that have been &#8220;vetted&#8221;. With a nearly 15% unemployment rate among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inclusive Designs: Could the Answer be in a Capsule?</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/10/14/inclusive-designs-could-the-answer-be-in-a-capsule/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2011/10/14/inclusive-designs-could-the-answer-be-in-a-capsule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[americans with disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wheelchairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), the time we reflect on the contributions of workers with disabilities. The focus of the awareness campaign this year is “Profit by Investing in Workers with Disabilities.” This awareness campaign is often overlooked even though it’s been around since 1988. As I contemplated NDEAM and what it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Companies that Shine through Universal Design</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/21/companies-that-shine-through-universal-design/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/21/companies-that-shine-through-universal-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assistive technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blind]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Livescribe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid a new Fast Company report of American companies that “get” innovative design are a handful of manufacturers whose wares vastly improve the lives of people with disabilities. It is marvelous to see these products get their due. The collection of superbly designed goods is considered so iconic, Fast Company sketches them as ice-blue abstract [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Shows Tourette’s Can’t Thwart Teen’s Dreams</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/19/film-shows-tourette%e2%80%99s-can%e2%80%99t-thwart-teen%e2%80%99s-dreams/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/19/film-shows-tourette%e2%80%99s-can%e2%80%99t-thwart-teen%e2%80%99s-dreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Durbin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning disabilities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Different Is the New Normal follows the adolescence of Ariel Small, whose family learned he has Tourette syndrome when he was five years old –- noticing his unique motor tics such as blinking. His parents, Robin and David Small, who produced and provided major support for the documentary, struggle to help Ariel fit in at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Shows Tourette’s Can’t Thwart Teen’s Dreams</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/16/film-shows-tourette%e2%80%99s-can%e2%80%99t-thwart-teen%e2%80%99s-dreams-2/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/16/film-shows-tourette%e2%80%99s-can%e2%80%99t-thwart-teen%e2%80%99s-dreams-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[learning disabilities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abledbody.servicebyte.com/?p=4823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Different Is the New Normal, which premiered last night on WNET, follows the adolescence of Ariel Small, whose family learned he has Tourette syndrome when he was five years old –- noticing his unique motor tics such as blinking. His parents, Robin and David Small, who produced and provided major support for the documentary, struggle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Apple and Google Beget Books for the Blind</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/14/how-apple-and-google-beget-books-for-the-blind/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/14/how-apple-and-google-beget-books-for-the-blind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penny Reeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I downloaded a new app for my iPhone. The Google eBooks app was free; it took two minutes to find it in the app store and download it onto my iPhone, and another minute to move it to the folder I labeled &#8220;Books.&#8221; Then, it took me all of another five minutes to go [...]]]></description>
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