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		<title>More Jaylen Arnold!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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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 ?
My website was created in May of this year. I created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Happy now?&#8221;: An honest and magnificent new essay about depression by Anna Quon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Books & Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, The UpDown Report, Books &#38; Book Reviews

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This year I fulfilled a lifelong dream of becoming a published novelist. The whole process of getting my book “Migration Songs” ready for print was a daunting one. My jewel of an editor saw me through the ups and downs, delivering endless pep talks to get me over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Like peanut butter and jelly, Cowboy and Wills are the perfect pair&#8221;</title>
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		<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>Mr. Jaylen Arnold featured on CBS Evening News!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9427/mr-jaylen-arnold-featured-on-cbs-evening-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch, Irked Videos, Themes, Auties &#38; Aspies, QuIrked Kids
Back in July, we introduced you to a very, very amazing young man named Jaylen Arnold—who has had Tourette&#8217;s Syndrome for most of his nine years. Jaylen&#8217;s on a mission to educate the whole world about bullying. (And he&#8217;s off to a fantastic start: even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From No Home to Back Home on Broadway: Spotlighting stage veteran Terri White</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9230/from-no-home-to-back-home-on-broadway-spotlighting-stage-veteran-terri-white/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bum Deal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal
An overwhelmingly moving story&#8230;after the jump!

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Quoting the New York Times, in an article by Susan Dominus titled From No Home to Back Home on Broadway:
Midway through “Finian’s Rainbow,” which opens Thursday on Broadway, the stage veteran Terri White delivers a bluesy, rasping version of the song “Necessity.” The character wants to play, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenny gets good press!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/7832/kenny-gets-good-press/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board

Some of you may remember Kenny Cieplik, the maverick Accessibility Consultant we profiled on Irked last month. Well, we&#8217;re not the only ones who think Kenny is truly phenomenal (not by a long shot!). Mark J. Belanger, a columnist for The Middleboro Gazette, recently wrote a wonderful, earnest, insightful piece about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young autistic programmer creates online games, becomes internet sensation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Auties &#38; Aspies

A young autistic boy from Swindon is hoping to challenge perceptions of autism after he created a series of computer games online. Jack Booth, 11, of Beech Avenue, in Pinehurst has been busy creating games to challenge players around the world, reports the Swindon Advertiser. One of Jack&#8217;s games &#8211; which he says he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating in complete darkness: a review</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6536/eating-in-complete-darkness-a-review/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/6536/eating-in-complete-darkness-a-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries


Unique restaurant review&#8230;after the jump

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Psychology Today:

There is an enormous amount of trust we show to strangers without even paying attention to it: the pilot flying your airplane, the chef preparing your dinner, or the taxi driver taking you across town. We often trust strangers with our lives, blind to their identities or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANTI-BULLYING CRUSADE: Jaylen Arnold&#8217;s Tourette&#8217;s challenge!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/5561/anti-bullying-crusade-jaylen-arnolds-tourettes-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/5561/anti-bullying-crusade-jaylen-arnolds-tourettes-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch, Irked Videos, Themes, Auties &#38; Aspies, QuIrked Kids

The website jaylenschallenge.org is the dream of a wonderful little 8-year-old boy named Jaylen Arnold. Jaylen suffers from Tourette Syndrome. He wants to educate people about bullying, bringing attention to the difficulties he faces in his day to day living. He hopes to make you laugh, make you cry, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lewis Schofield graduates Grade 8!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/5671/lewis-schofield-graduates-grade-8/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/5671/lewis-schofield-graduates-grade-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Lewis Schofield, Themes, Auties &#38; Aspies, QuIrked Kids


 
We thought Irked&#8217;s readers might enjoy seeing this heartwarming and historic photograph, taken Monday evening at Lewis Schofield&#8217;s Grade 8 graduation ceremony.
He was intent on graduating with his classmates and so, a mere 12 days after major surgery, Lewis—with the help of a wheelchair—attended his graduation!
What neither he nor [...]]]></description>
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