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		<title>&#8220;Shameless: The Art of Disability&#8221; &#8211; iconic feature-length documentary is now FREE!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10445/shameless-the-art-of-disability-iconic-feature-length-documentary-is-now-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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This is something you already know if you&#8217;re on David Roche&#8217;s mailing list.

Hello friends: &#8221;Shameless: The Art of Disability&#8221; is now available to view (free) at the National Film Board of Canada website! This iconic feature-length documentary about disability and creativity is a National Film Board of Canada production, directed by the noted documentarian, Bonnie Klein [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Jaylen Arnold!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch, Irked Videos, Interviews, Auties &#38; Aspies, QuIrked Kids

 


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Sue Scheff recently interviewed the great Jaylen Arnold for examiner.com.  Their conversation was so engaging (and so important) that we are reprinting it here in its entirety.
Enjoy!
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Why and when did you create www.JaylensChallenge.org ?
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		<title>A Very Important (and Special!) Public Service Announcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Lewis Schofield, Themes, Auties &#38; Aspies, Irked Videos
Quoting Elyse Bruce:

Recently, the news carried an item about Canadian Blood Services.  In light of the H1N1 flu and vaccines, blood donors have been shying away from donating blood.  Blood donations are important all year round however they are even more important at this time of year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wise words, sad but true</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, The UpDown Report
“We take care of our dental health, but we don’t take care of our mental health.&#8221;
—Howie Mandel
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		<title>FEATURED ARTICLE: &#8220;Social media – a barrier or tool for inclusion?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Social media has the potential to provide an array of new opportunities to people with disabilties. But when it comes to sites such as Twitter, more needs to be done&#8230;&#8221;
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Quoting Rachel Mulholland, writing on upstart.net.au:
Social media tools such as Twitter and Skype are transforming how we live and socialise. The March 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMPORTANT OPEN LETTER: Dear members of the American blind community &#8211; your feedback is needed</title>
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Quoting Lainey Feingold and Linda Dardarian, U.S.-based disability and civil rights lawyers:
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&#8220;Dear members of the blind community:
As we approach the end of the year, we are asking for your help in making sure the settlement agreements negotiated by ACB and its affiliates are working well.  Feedback from individuals about Talking ATMs, accessible credit reports, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wise words, to live by</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;I want to see the companies that make these video games make them accessible so that people like myself can enjoy them too.&#8221;
—Stevie Wonder, while presenting the top honor at the 2009 Video Game Awards (which went to The Beatles: Rock Band)
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		<title>Flood your ears (and hearts) with Wonder!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10388/flood-your-ears-and-hearts-with-wonder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch

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Stevie Wonder is a UN Messenger of Peace!
(And he's got an awesome sense of humour too)
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		<title>Humour of Repetition: spotlighting Howie Mandel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Books &#38; Book Reviews, Irked Videos, Interviews

Over a decade ago, freewheelin&#8217; comedian Howie Mandel (howiemandel.com) first spoke about his debilitating obsessive compulsive disorder and ADHD—when he was outed on Howard Stern&#8217;s radio show. Now, all these years later, he&#8217;s finally opening up and &#8220;telling all&#8221;&#8230;in his candid, courageous, and VERY VERY FUNNY memoir titled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>InvisiblePeople.tv: spotlighting Mark Horvath</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10212/invisiblepeople-tv-spotlighting-mark-horvath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;On the street I saw a small girl cold and shivering in a thin dress, with little hope of a decent meal. I became angry and said to God; &#8216;Why did you permit this? Why don’t you do something about it?&#8217; For a while God said nothing. That night [...]]]></description>
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