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		<title>Cashing In With oDesk, Even Without Vision</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2012/08/16/cashing-in-with-odesk-even-without-vision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Keenan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no doubt that in most respects, the Internet is the ultimate equalizer for the blind. It opened a new world to me when I first logged on in 1993. While it was a great source of info and an easy method by which I could shop for music CDs, I didn’t use the Internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hire Gauge Reveals ROI Around Inclusive Hiring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan McDonnell</dc:creator>
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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>New Jobs Portal for People with Disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<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>Obama Signs Executive Order to Hire More Federal Workers with Disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In front of invited guests including Cabinet officials, Members of Congress, grassroots leaders and Americans living with disabilities, President Obama commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the White House South Lawn today. &#8220;I see so many champions of this law here today,&#8221; says President Obama.&#8221;I want to thank all of you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assistive Tech Helps Soften a Harsh Job Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a question I am often asked: Does the shaky economy make it harder for people with disabilities to find a job? Undoubtedly, yes. The job marketplace is more competitive, and frankly, it&#8217;s easier for an employer to hire someone who doesn&#8217;t need an accommodation. Though the American with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Disability Evangelist for the Workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 07:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to call Lori Golden one of the most passionate disability advocates in Corporate America. At Ernst &#38; Young, she helps embed a culture of disability inclusiveness among the accounting firm&#8217;s 38,000 employees in the Americas region, starting with AccessAbilities, the employee network she heads up. She also guides clients and other corporations on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intel, Cisco, Sodexho and Others Win Disability Matters Awards</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/04/16/intel-cisco-sodexho-and-others-win-disability-matters-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intel, Cisco Systems, Sodexho and six other companies were honored for supporting people with disabilities in the workplace and consumer space at the third annual Disability Matters awards.]]></description>
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		<title>ADA Amendment Strikes the Right Balance</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2008/09/18/ada-amendment-strikes-the-right-balance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last August, the US Chamber of Commerce, an association of three million businesses, sent a letter to Congress opposing a bill that would amend the Americans with Disabilities Act. Calling it an essential &#8220;re-writing&#8221; of the Act, the Chamber said it believed such changes would open the floodgates for litigation by &#8220;virtually all of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to NYT article on ADA</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2008/02/05/response-to-nyt-article-on-ada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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