<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - disabilities</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/disabilities</link><description>Newsvine - disabilities</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:35:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:51:31 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Arizona Officer Shoots and Kills Suicidal Veteran</title>
<description><![CDATA[TUCSON - Sheriff's deputies in Tucson responded to a call about a  suicidal war veteran by shooting him in the back and killing him, his  widow claims in court.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ofelia Runyon sued Pima County Sheriff  Clarence Dupnik, sheriff's Officer J.L. Rockwell, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17529468-arizona-officer-shoots-and-kills-suicidal-veteran</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17529468-arizona-officer-shoots-and-kills-suicidal-veteran</guid><category>arizona</category><category>death</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>suicide</category><category>health</category><category>police</category><category>veteran</category><category>law-enforcement</category><category>veterans</category><category>disabilities</category><category>tucson</category><category>mental-illness</category><category>swat</category><category>ptsd</category><category>suicidal</category><category>pima-county</category><category>wrongful-death</category><category>post-traumatic-stress</category><category>jk-rockwell</category><category>ofelia-runyon</category><category>cop-kills-suicidal-veteran</category><category>james-runyon</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:35:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pittston area teacher, Kelli Diaz, bullied student lawsuit claims</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The parents of a Pittston Area middle school student have filed a  federal lawsuit against the district and its superintendent, claiming a  teacher with prior disciplinary issues bullied the boy in September  2012.
Kelli Diaz, the middle school teacher under fire, accused the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17503487-pittston-area-teacher-kelli-diaz-bullied-student-lawsuit-claims</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17503487-pittston-area-teacher-kelli-diaz-bullied-student-lawsuit-claims</guid><category>pennsylvania</category><category>student</category><category>education</category><category>students</category><category>school</category><category>teacher</category><category>superintendent</category><category>adhd</category><category>attention-deficit</category><category>psychology</category><category>disabilities</category><category>bullying</category><category>autism</category><category>teaching</category><category>compassion</category><category>tourette</category><category>tourettes</category><category>pittston</category><category>luzerne-county</category><category>nobullies</category><category>kelli-diaz</category><category>luzerne-school-district</category><category>michael-garzella</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:59:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsE5D26E7D-09F0-7711-F576-97C1B8A03269.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsE5D26E7D-09F0-7711-F576-97C1B8A03269.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Gay British Teen, Dies After Being Set On Fire At Birthday Party</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A young British man has been convicted of manslaughter after killing a gay teen by setting him on fire.
The BBC reports that 20-year-old Jordan Sheard has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail for&nbsp;the death of Steven Simpson&nbsp;after pleading guilty to mansla&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17443417-gay-british-teen-dies-after-being-set-on-fire-at-birthday-party</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17443417-gay-british-teen-dies-after-being-set-on-fire-at-birthday-party</guid><category>britain</category><category>gays</category><category>world-news</category><category>disabilities</category><category>hate-crime</category><category>injustice</category><category>homosexual-murder</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:30:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-28C35DC49-550C-3D95-89FE-6314FD414BB2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="533" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-28C35DC49-550C-3D95-89FE-6314FD414BB2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Human Rights for US Disabled? - Americas - Al Jazeera English</title>
<description><![CDATA[While the US has historically led in disability rights, critical barriers remain.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[trekie70]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[trekie70]]></source><link>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17341393-human-rights-for-us-disabled-americas-al-jazeera-english</link><guid>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17341393-human-rights-for-us-disabled-americas-al-jazeera-english</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>health</category><category>disabilities</category><category>accessible</category><category>united-staes</category><category>disability-rights</category><category>un-convention</category><category>worlds-largest-minority</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:52:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie70AE9AC3E0-A100-E7F7-4475-9ED0579D81B2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="198" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie70AE9AC3E0-A100-E7F7-4475-9ED0579D81B2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Teenager hanged himself after being 'bullied at school over his learning difficulties'</title>
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A teenager hanged himself in his bedroom after he was bullied at  school because of his learning difficulties, his devastated friends  claimed today.
Friends said tragic Joshua Maddox, 15, killed himself after months of  cruel taunts from fellow pupils about his condition whic&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16884772-teenager-hanged-himself-after-being-bullied-at-school-over-his-learning-difficulties</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16884772-teenager-hanged-himself-after-being-bullied-at-school-over-his-learning-difficulties</guid><category>teenagers</category><category>suicide</category><category>schools</category><category>education</category><category>england</category><category>kids</category><category>hanged</category><category>bullied</category><category>adhd</category><category>disabilities</category><category>autism</category><category>catholic-school</category><category>bullies</category><category>west-midlands</category><category>willenhall</category><category>nobullies</category><category>joshua-maddox</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 13:53:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digits18FDD12C-A70F-4F29-4FFA-486C28779274.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="355" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digits18FDD12C-A70F-4F29-4FFA-486C28779274.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="122" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>What Would You Do If Somebody Spray Painted THIS On Your House?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Check out this classy takedown of neighborhood bullies by two kid brothers who proudly stand up for their little sisters.
watch: youtu.be]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16643994-what-would-you-do-if-somebody-spray-painted-this-on-your-house</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16643994-what-would-you-do-if-somebody-spray-painted-this-on-your-house</guid><category>education</category><category>vandalism</category><category>disabilities</category><category>brothers-and-sisters</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:09:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1303DDDB4-2433-AA98-2EC5-09F947122DE0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="287" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1303DDDB4-2433-AA98-2EC5-09F947122DE0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Utah's Cardall family settles lawsuit over Taser death</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Cardall&rsquo;s death started a statewide discussion over the use of Tasers and the police response to the mentally ill. The Utah Legislature passed a resolution encouraging police departments to provide officers with better training in how to respond to encounters with those w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/13/16492435-utahs-cardall-family-settles-lawsuit-over-taser-death</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/13/16492435-utahs-cardall-family-settles-lawsuit-over-taser-death</guid><category>health</category><category>police</category><category>taser</category><category>mental-health</category><category>mentally-ill</category><category>bipolar</category><category>disabilities</category><category>tasers</category><category>emotional-health</category><category>taser-death</category><category>taserwatch</category><category>cardall</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:17:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsC4C539C9-48CF-F745-0721-1A60CF61071C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsC4C539C9-48CF-F745-0721-1A60CF61071C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana, Is Miss America Pageant's First Contestant With Autism</title>
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Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana, is set to compete this Saturday in the 92nd Miss America pageant, marking the first year that someone living with autism has participated. &ldquo;Growing up, I never was really interested in pageants. I thought it would be something I was never abl&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/13/16491684-alexis-wineman-miss-montana-is-miss-america-pageants-first-contestant-with-autism</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/13/16491684-alexis-wineman-miss-montana-is-miss-america-pageants-first-contestant-with-autism</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>miss-america</category><category>style</category><category>beauty</category><category>disabilities</category><category>autism</category><category>miss-america-pageant</category><category>awareness</category><category>talent</category><category>body-image</category><category>pageants</category><category>autism-spectrum</category><category>developmental-disorders</category><category>autism-awareness</category><category>developmental-disorder</category><category>beauty-pageants</category><category>miss-montana</category><category>womens-body-image</category><category>aspbergers</category><category>pageantry</category><category>alexis-wineman</category><category>normal-is-a-dryer-setting</category><category>sutism-spectrum</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:49:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsB26030C8-4D22-AFDC-AB60-EE0B5A0D4E9B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsB26030C8-4D22-AFDC-AB60-EE0B5A0D4E9B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Even by Florida standards, Hillsborough County offers low pay to special-education aides</title>
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TAMPA &mdash; Workers who care for Hillsborough County's most vulnerable schoolchildren earn less than their counterparts in many Florida school districts, according to a Tampa Bay Times analysis.
In the wake of two student deaths last year, people who are studying the distric&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/13/16491572-even-by-florida-standards-hillsborough-county-offers-low-pay-to-special-education-aides</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/13/16491572-even-by-florida-standards-hillsborough-county-offers-low-pay-to-special-education-aides</guid><category>children</category><category>education</category><category>school</category><category>kids</category><category>teachers</category><category>benefits</category><category>minimum-wage</category><category>wages</category><category>disabilities</category><category>disability</category><category>special-education</category><category>public-school</category><category>school-system</category><category>low-wages</category><category>low-pay</category><category>special-ed</category><category>special-ed-teachers</category><category>teacher-aides</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:36:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Israel: Where US vets come to heal </title>
<description><![CDATA[The unique Heroes to Heroes Journey to Israel gives America&rsquo;s disabled  veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan a spiritual and physical new start.
By Abigail Klein Leichman
(Photo caption: The 10 team members and two coaches of Heroes to Heroes 2012 visiting the 9/11 memorial i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Buzz of the Orient]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Buzz of the Orient]]></source><link>http://sbuzzc76.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16455204-israel-where-us-vets-come-to-heal</link><guid>http://sbuzzc76.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16455204-israel-where-us-vets-come-to-heal</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>world-news</category><category>iraq-war</category><category>disabilities</category><category>ptsd</category><category>us-veterans</category><category>heroes-to-heroes</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:47:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sbuzzc7691D50CF4-30C4-98B7-C5B1-6D57258E428E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="173" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sbuzzc7691D50CF4-30C4-98B7-C5B1-6D57258E428E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="52" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate Fails to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)</title>
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Washington, DC-  AAPD regrets to announce that the Senate failed to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The measure was defeated largely along partisan lines with only 8 Republicans supporting the measure, while 53 Democrats voted for passag&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15680778-senate-fails-to-ratify-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15680778-senate-fails-to-ratify-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>disabilities</category><category>fail</category><category>right-wing-nutcases</category><category>convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities</category><category>cprd</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 01:08:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>&quot;Isolation Rooms&quot; in Elementary Schools: Are They Treatment or Punishment? -- In Washington state, an elementary school's use of a padded isolation room is sparking controversy.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A Washington state public elementary school is under fire over its use of a "isolation room"--a small padded box that, to many, appears similar to solitary confinement boxes used inside prisons.
The school district has explained that the room is designed to be a calming space &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15567756-isolation-rooms-in-elementary-schools-are-they-treatment-or-punishment-in-washington-state-an-elementary-schools-use-of-a-padded-isolation-room-is-sparking-controversy</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15567756-isolation-rooms-in-elementary-schools-are-they-treatment-or-punishment-in-washington-state-an-elementary-schools-use-of-a-padded-isolation-room-is-sparking-controversy</guid><category>prison</category><category>washington-state</category><category>us-news</category><category>disabilities</category><category>elementary-school</category><category>public-school</category><category>isolation-room</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:14:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499D53A81F9-8956-BEDC-2B6A-7F2CFED4E1BC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499D53A81F9-8956-BEDC-2B6A-7F2CFED4E1BC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Santorum's new cause: opposing the disabled</title>
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President-unelect Rick Santorum made his triumphant return to the  Capitol on Monday afternoon and took up a brave new cause: He is  opposing disabled people.
Specifically, Santorum, joined by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), declared his wish that the Senate reject the U.N. Convention&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15521486-santorums-new-cause-opposing-the-disabled</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15521486-santorums-new-cause-opposing-the-disabled</guid><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>aids</category><category>disabilities</category><category>stupid-people</category><category>tea-party</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>u-n-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:52:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=krishna109756387A3-93EB-9A51-6FAB-B9ABB3FC8FAA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=krishna109756387A3-93EB-9A51-6FAB-B9ABB3FC8FAA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cardboard wheelchair to roll out from Israel </title>
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The maintenance-free cardboard wheelchair, weighing eight or nine kilograms (less than 20 pounds), can withstand water and humidity, and can carry riders weighing up to 400 pounds. It is even cheaper and simpler to create than the cardboard bicycle.
Elmish says the chairs woul&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14864223-cardboard-wheelchair-to-roll-out-from-israel</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14864223-cardboard-wheelchair-to-roll-out-from-israel</guid><category>technology</category><category>israel</category><category>disabilities</category><category>recycling</category><category>wheelchairs</category><category>cardboard</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 01:26:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe92804A5BD60-5A9E-3187-6E99-25B66C08BE60.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="173" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe92804A5BD60-5A9E-3187-6E99-25B66C08BE60.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="52" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Campaign On 'Changing the Face of Beauty' </title>
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October 28, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Beauty comes in all different forms, sizes and abilities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14758202-campaign-on-changing-the-face-of-beauty</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14758202-campaign-on-changing-the-face-of-beauty</guid><category>on</category><category>show</category><category>children</category><category>odd-news</category><category>parents</category><category>mother</category><category>disabilities</category><category>organization</category><category>down-syndrome</category><category>beautiful</category><category>campain</category><category>commentid-odd-news</category><category>changing-the-faces-of-beauty</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:26:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467BEA9D096-085D-CD2E-0543-951EE8174A8E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="105" width="186" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467BEA9D096-085D-CD2E-0543-951EE8174A8E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cop Beats Man in Wheelchair, Dumps Him Out, Threatens Arrest on Bystander [Video]</title>
<description><![CDATA[Video of an apparently disabled man in a wheelchair getting physically manhandled by a cop. The man then strikes the cop in the face with the hand he'd managed to get free. What happens after that is that the cop goes ape-shit.
According to a comment at the video, the officers n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14347525-cop-beats-man-in-wheelchair-dumps-him-out-threatens-arrest-on-bystander-video</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14347525-cop-beats-man-in-wheelchair-dumps-him-out-threatens-arrest-on-bystander-video</guid><category>arrest</category><category>abuse</category><category>police</category><category>cops</category><category>us-news</category><category>activism</category><category>disabilities</category><category>police-brutality</category><category>excessive-force</category><category>bullies</category><category>nobullies</category><category>richard-jouppi</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:35:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsCD392370-BBD2-CA5A-D251-4108DCA6836A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsCD392370-BBD2-CA5A-D251-4108DCA6836A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Court Rules Severely Disabled Woman Wasn't Raped Because She Didn't 'Bite, Kick or Scratch' Her Assailant | Alternet</title>
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In a 4-3 ruling Tuesday afternoon, the Connecticut State Supreme Court  overturned the sexual assault conviction of a man who had sex with a woman who &ldquo;has severe cerebral palsy, has the intellectual functional equivalent of a 3-year-old and cannot verbally communicate.&r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14207436-court-rules-severely-disabled-woman-wasnt-raped-because-she-didnt-bite-kick-or-scratch-her-assailant-alternet</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14207436-court-rules-severely-disabled-woman-wasnt-raped-because-she-didnt-bite-kick-or-scratch-her-assailant-alternet</guid><category>rape</category><category>courts</category><category>us-news</category><category>disabilities</category><category>sexual-assault</category><category>cerebral-palsy</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 00:52:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand3F09B555B-3122-7D34-569E-7E0A686E5FC2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand3F09B555B-3122-7D34-569E-7E0A686E5FC2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>From Kurt Warner's wife to 'Christian famous' </title>
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&nbsp;In a stadium filled with 8,000 evangelical Christian women, one person near the stage stands out.
Sporting short salt-and-peppered hair, broad shoulders and a high-collared shirt, the man sits calmly as ballerinas flutter across the stage, women tell jokes about menopaus&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/16/13898857-from-kurt-warners-wife-to-christian-famous</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/16/13898857-from-kurt-warners-wife-to-christian-famous</guid><category>religion</category><category>family</category><category>faith</category><category>love</category><category>kurt-warner</category><category>disabilities</category><category>hope</category><category>personal-tragedy</category><category>christian-woman</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:28:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-26A9B3CAF-681E-8235-8D1F-E159840CE310.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-26A9B3CAF-681E-8235-8D1F-E159840CE310.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>School asks deaf preschooler to change his sign language name</title>
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Three-and-a-half  year old Hunter Spanjer, who is deaf, signs his name by crossing his forefinger and index finger and moving his hand up and down.
To his family, friends and those who know the Signing Exact English (S.E.E.) language that the Grand Island, Neb., boy uses, that&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13535589-school-asks-deaf-preschooler-to-change-his-sign-language-name</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13535589-school-asks-deaf-preschooler-to-change-his-sign-language-name</guid><category>education</category><category>nebraska</category><category>controversy</category><category>school</category><category>gun</category><category>rules</category><category>disabilities</category><category>disability</category><category>controversial</category><category>sign-language</category><category>political-correctness</category><category>deafness</category><category>handicapped</category><category>common-sense</category><category>gangsta</category><category>education-system</category><category>grand-island</category><category>gang-symbols</category><category>hunter-spanjer</category><category>national-association-of-the-deaf</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:52:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digits29513D96-29B7-1549-62FC-59424BBEA618.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="282" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digits29513D96-29B7-1549-62FC-59424BBEA618.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Feds Pledge More Focus on Outcomes for Students With Disabilities - On Special Education - Education Week</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brenda Lee Cosse']]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brenda Lee Cosse']]></source><link>http://brendaleecosse.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13282666-feds-pledge-more-focus-on-outcomes-for-students-with-disabilities-on-special-education-education-week</link><guid>http://brendaleecosse.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13282666-feds-pledge-more-focus-on-outcomes-for-students-with-disabilities-on-special-education-education-week</guid><category>race</category><category>education</category><category>students</category><category>states</category><category>disabilities</category><category>disability</category><category>accountability</category><category>districts</category><category>special-education</category><category>pledge</category><category>regulations</category><category>idea</category><category>compliance</category><category>early-childhood</category><category>assessments</category><category>students-with-disabilities</category><category>individuals-with-disabilities-education-act</category><category>school-age</category><category>u-s-department-of-education</category><category>over-representation</category><category>osep</category><category>office-of-special-education-programs</category><category>indicators-parents</category><category>under-representation</category><category>melody-musgrove</category><category>ruth-ryder</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:32:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BrendaLeeCosseAD99680B-1022-A985-441D-D377E90F8CF5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="130" width="280" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BrendaLeeCosseAD99680B-1022-A985-441D-D377E90F8CF5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Department-Launches--Believe-and-Include--Program.html?soid=1104839106897&amp;aid=fwvNQK_Oo7o</title>
<description><![CDATA[$4 million competitive grant for innovative school programs to help Students with Disabilities achieve proficiency in zcommon score State Standards. via @LDOE_comm]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brenda Lee Cosse']]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brenda Lee Cosse']]></source><link>http://brendaleecosse.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13282539-httpmyemailconstantcontactcomdepartment-launches-believe-and-include-programhtmlsoid1104839106897aidfwvnqkoo7o</link><guid>http://brendaleecosse.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13282539-httpmyemailconstantcontactcomdepartment-launches-believe-and-include-programhtmlsoid1104839106897aidfwvnqkoo7o</guid><category>state</category><category>schools</category><category>education</category><category>louisiana</category><category>school</category><category>grant</category><category>initiative</category><category>innovation</category><category>disabilities</category><category>department-of-education</category><category>students-with-disabilities</category><category>common-core-standards</category><category>education-disability</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:17:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BrendaLeeCosseF7B938BF-27FC-ED8A-D82F-AC5BEE0D5B10.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="47" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BrendaLeeCosseF7B938BF-27FC-ED8A-D82F-AC5BEE0D5B10.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="14" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Did an Angel Heal Chelsea Banton? [Video]</title>
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I ran across this video from Dec 24, 2008 and decided to see if I could find how little Chelsea was doing. It was good news to find this almost precisely two years later on Dec 23, 2010 she seems to not only be doing well but has improved. From Girl Doing Well after Visit from H&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13262423-did-an-angel-heal-chelsea-banton-video</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13262423-did-an-angel-heal-chelsea-banton-video</guid><category>angels</category><category>prayer</category><category>odd-news</category><category>disabilities</category><category>paranormal</category><category>miracles</category><category>metaphysics</category><category>compassion</category><category>pneumonia</category><category>acceptance</category><category>gnosticism</category><category>metaphysical</category><category>divine-intervention</category><category>open-mindedness</category><category>chelsea-banton</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:05:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsF75D2693-3D41-2353-60B7-06E350123B43.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsF75D2693-3D41-2353-60B7-06E350123B43.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chelsea Banton, dying from pneumonia, lay in a hospital bed. As her mother waited for her daughter to let nature take its course after making the decision to take her off life support, a bright light appeared on a security monitor. Within an hour, Chelsea began recovering.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYoviWINFSc" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kYoviWINFSc/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">People in Charlotte are talking about an image caught on a security camera at Presbyterian Hospital.

People at the hospital say the image is an angel standing in the hospital's hallway.

The mother of a 14-year-old patient says her daughter is alive thanks to the angel.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Alexa Posny to Step Down as Federal Special Education Chief - On Special Education - Education Week</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brenda Lee Cosse']]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brenda Lee Cosse']]></source><link>http://brendaleecosse.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/10/13211011-alexa-posny-to-step-down-as-federal-special-education-chief-on-special-education-education-week</link><guid>http://brendaleecosse.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/10/13211011-alexa-posny-to-step-down-as-federal-special-education-chief-on-special-education-education-week</guid><category>education</category><category>disabilities</category><category>modifications</category><category>special-needs</category><category>special-education</category><category>idea</category><category>accommodations</category><category>students-with-disabilities</category><category>iep</category><category>individuals-with-disabilities-education-act</category><category>u-s-department-of-education</category><category>individualized-education-program</category><category>osers</category><category>osep</category><category>federal-students</category><category>office-of-special-education-and-rehabilitative-services</category><category>office-of-special-education-programs</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:20:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BrendaLeeCosse63F55B39-C0B6-884E-AB8C-D0A6B03A04A2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="130" width="280" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BrendaLeeCosse63F55B39-C0B6-884E-AB8C-D0A6B03A04A2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney Profits From Bain-owned Health Company Facing Wrongful Death, Neglect Allegations</title>
<description><![CDATA[Even amid the  media firestorm  over Mitt Romney, his tax returns and his involvement in the predatory  tactics of Bain Capital, there's been less attention paid to how he  continues to profit from Bain Capital investments that carry out his  legacy: maximizing profits and revenu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12950120-romney-profits-from-bain-owned-health-company-facing-wrongful-death-neglect-allegations</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12950120-romney-profits-from-bain-owned-health-company-facing-wrongful-death-neglect-allegations</guid><category>abuse</category><category>politics</category><category>kids</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>torture</category><category>mental-health</category><category>addiction</category><category>adhd</category><category>teens</category><category>disabilities</category><category>neglect</category><category>autism</category><category>business-news</category><category>wrongful-death</category><category>emotional-health</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>addiction-and-recovery</category><category>crc-health</category><category>troubled-teen-industry</category><category>aspen-education</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:19:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digits82EC5488-F787-36AB-2306-2ADBFD2AA83E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digits82EC5488-F787-36AB-2306-2ADBFD2AA83E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dark side of a Bain success</title>
<description><![CDATA[A for-profit health company bought by Bain -- that Romney profits from -- has exploded in size and tales of neglect]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12911065-dark-side-of-a-bain-success</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12911065-dark-side-of-a-bain-success</guid><category>abuse</category><category>kids</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>torture</category><category>mental-health</category><category>us-news</category><category>adhd</category><category>teens</category><category>disabilities</category><category>neglect</category><category>autism</category><category>aspergers</category><category>bain</category><category>crc</category><category>wrongful-death</category><category>emotional-health</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>election-2012</category><category>youth-care</category><category>dana-blum</category><category>troubled-teen-industry</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:06:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsF712E91B-480E-BED3-F762-775323D800F7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsF712E91B-480E-BED3-F762-775323D800F7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>