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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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		<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>MARK YOUR CALENDARS: December 3rd, 2009</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10111/mark-your-calendars-december-3rd-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/10111/mark-your-calendars-december-3rd-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch
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		<title>Good news!!!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10060/good-news-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amy Cohen Efron]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://irkedmagazine.com/?p=10060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Deaf Jam

On November 19th, software engineer/mastermind Ken Harrenstien took to the official Google blog to announce some VERY exciting news:

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Quoting The Official Google Blog:
Since we first announced captions in Google Video and YouTube, we&#8217;ve introduced multiple caption tracks, improved search functionality and even automatic translation. Each of these features has had great personal significance to [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wheelchairman of the Board]]></category>
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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:

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Almost three years ago, after a series of misadventures and mishaps, I ended up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Don&#8217;t play me, pay me!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9914/dont-play-me-pay-me/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/9914/dont-play-me-pay-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch, Themes, Auties &#38; Aspies, Irked Videos
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A provocative new campaign&#8230;after the jump

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The mother of the first actress with Asperger&#8217;s syndrome to play a fictional character with the condition has launched a campaign to stop actors &#8220;playing disabled&#8221;.
Lizzy Clark was 14 when the BBC asked her to play the part of Poppy, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMACKDOWN: Visually impaired gamer sues Sony under the aegis of the Americans with Disabilities Act</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9790/smackdown-visually-impaired-gamer-sues-sony-under-the-aegis-of-the-americans-with-disabilities-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch



According to gamespot.com, it doesn&#8217;t help visually impaired people that some characters in video games &#8220;are actually invisible.&#8221;


It&#8217;s not uncommon for blind gamers to feel invisible in addition to visually impaired. For instance, when gamer Brandon Cole wrote [game developer] THQ a letter suggesting changes to make its Smackdown series of WWE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Corporate Assholery</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9792/general-corporate-assholery-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch

The family of an 11-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has accused the Blackpool Transport tram company of abandoning her on a day out after they refused to carry her wheelchair back from the seafront.
Has the whole darn world gone bonkers??

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Quoting telegraph.co.uk:

Eleven-year-old Shelby Watson, who has cerebral palsy, was sent on the trip to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wheelchair as a Weapon</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9553/the-wheelchair-as-a-weapon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wheelchairman of the Board]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board

When Rob Buren broke his back mountain biking last October, he lost more than the use of his legs—he lost the physical confidence his 6-foot-2 frame had always given him.
And though the 38-year-old father of two quickly learned sporting activities such as hand cycling and sit skiing, it wasn&#8217;t until he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Corporate Assholery</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9572/general-corporate-assholery-2/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/9572/general-corporate-assholery-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch

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??

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Quoting Carole Duckworth:

&#8220;All my banking is done outside &#8211; paying [...]]]></description>
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