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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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				<category><![CDATA[David Roche]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, David Roche, Irked Videos
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>A Very Important (and Special!) Public Service Announcement</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10458/a-very-important-and-special-public-service-announcement/</link>
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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>FEATURED ARTICLE: &#8220;Social media – a barrier or tool for inclusion?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10361/featured-article-social-media-%e2%80%93-a-barrier-or-tool-for-inclusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Campaign Watch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch

&#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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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch
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>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>Jennifer Wilding knocks one out of the park&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9919/jennifer-wilding-knocks-one-out-of-the-park/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/9919/jennifer-wilding-knocks-one-out-of-the-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board

Here now is a truly, truly beautiful essay—titled &#8220;My wheelchair makes me invisible.&#8221;
It was written by Toronto&#8217;s Jennifer Wilding (who temporarily needs a wheelchair to get around), and originally published in the Globe and Mail and on theglobeandmail.com:

***
Almost three years ago, after a series of misadventures and mishaps, I ended up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Corporate Assholery</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9572/general-corporate-assholery-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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A 47-year-old wheelchair-bound mother who had a stroke 18 months ago has been forced to do her banking on the street after staff at her local NatWest branch refused to lift her up two steps &#8220;for health and safety reasons.&#8221;
Is this the 21st century??

***
Quoting Carole Duckworth:

&#8220;All my banking is done outside &#8211; paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Like peanut butter and jelly, Cowboy and Wills are the perfect pair&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9465/like-peanut-butter-and-jelly-cowboy-and-wills-are-the-perfect-pair/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/9465/like-peanut-butter-and-jelly-cowboy-and-wills-are-the-perfect-pair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Auties &#38; Aspies, Books &#38; Book Reviews, QuIrked Kids, Irked Videos, Interviews

The book Cowboy &#38; Wills opens the day after critically-acclaimed author Monica Holloway’s adorable three year-old son Wills is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She takes him to a pet store; and from her first impulse purchase of a full aquarium, Holloway quickly graduates to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SECOND LIFE: Meet Max the virtual guide dog!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9212/second-life-meet-max-the-virtual-guide-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/9212/second-life-meet-max-the-virtual-guide-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch

Virtual Helping Hands (VHH) is a coalition of four groups, united in their mission &#8220;to bring people who have disabilities into Second Life so everyone can enjoy what Second Life offers—entertainment, education, and employment. Everyone can explore and enjoy the same virtual worlds of the Immersive Internet&#8221;&#8230;.with just a teensy weensy li&#8217;l [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlighting Gilbert Smith: a former police officer who has turned disability equality into his life&#8217;s mission</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9046/spotlighting-gilbert-smith-a-former-police-officer-who-has-turned-disability-equality-into-his-lifes-mission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board

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Even sitting in a wheelchair, his hands not fully functional, there&#8217;s a physical presence about Gilbert Smith, the former police officer who was shot on duty and left paralyzed from the waist down.
Maybe it&#8217;s left over from his rough-and-tumble days as a bouncer in his dad&#8217;s bar. Or maybe it&#8217;s just [...]]]></description>
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