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		<title>Spanking for Disabled Students is Higher</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/newswatch/2009/08/12/spanking-for-disabled-students-is-higher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports that disabled students are spanked more, based on a study of corporal punishment in 21 states. 
The study shows that more than 200,000 schoolchildren are paddled, spanked or subjected to other physical punishment each year, and disabled students get a disproportionate share of the treatment. 
The Human Rights Watch and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the Americans with Disabilities Act in Tougher Times</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/profoundlyyours/2009/07/25/celebrating-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-in-tougher-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Break out the balloons! Sunday marks the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the law that guarantees equal opportunity for the nearly 54 million Americans with disabilities. Signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, the ADA touches many areas of life, including employment.
Hold on, did that balloon just deflate? I’ve just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching the Disabled Demographic</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/expertviews/2009/03/26/reaching-the-disabled-demographic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Very few companies market to the
disabled, but this demographic is “a marketers’ dream come true,” says Nadine Vogel, founder and president of Springboard Consulting. 
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		<title>The Future of Assistive Technology</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/expertviews/2009/03/26/the-future-of-assistive-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abledbody.com/?p=489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://abledbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dhubbell_120.jpg" alt="Dan Hubbell" title="Dan Hubbell" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-251" />

Dan Hubbell, technical evangelist for Microsoft, says the next generation of assistive technology will be life-changing for people with disabilities, especially in the areas of customization and portability.]]></description>
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		<title>Hotels.com To Improve Access for the Disabled</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/newswatch/2009/03/01/hotelscom-to-improve-access-for-the-disabled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The online travel agency site has agreed to improve access for disabled travelers as part of a settlement of a lawsuit that alleged it refused to guarantee reservations for rooms that are wheelchair accessible. The agency says it will gather information about hotels' accessibility features and incorporate it into its Web sites later this year.]]></description>
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		<title>New Disability Career Sites</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/profoundlyyours/2008/11/07/new-disability-career-sites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Up until recently, job seekers with disabilities have had to reverse-engineer their job search. First, they sought out disability-friendly companies, such as those lauded by DiversityInc. and Careers &#038; the Disabled magazines. Then they set about seeking open positions within those companies. 
Some disability-career sites are trying to make the job search easier. The newest, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to NYT article on ADA</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/profoundlyyours/2008/02/05/response-to-nyt-article-on-ada/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/profoundlyyours/2008/02/05/response-to-nyt-article-on-ada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the New York Times Sunday Magazine&#8217;s &#8220;Unintended Consequences&#8221; (Jan. 20, 2008), authors Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt pose the argument that some “special-interest” laws, such as the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), may hurt the very people it intended to benefit.
Dubner and Levitt, who are also the authors of the best-selling book [...]]]></description>
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