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		<title>Sign Language Sent From the Outer Space!! Cooool!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn more about one of the astronauts using sign language.  Out in the outer space doesn&#8217;t affect ASL at all!   In the 1960&#8217;s the federal Department of Naval Services hired some male deaf students of Gallaudet University to test how much they could take pressure in water and space for research.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Statistical Report  of 2008 on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From DeafDigest of July 19, 2010:
William J. Bowman, a deaf employee of the Office of Communications
in the United States Social Security Administration, said:
Less deaf people today are drawing SSDI and SSI benefits than
before. More deaf people are working. Check the statistics
that should be of interest. The links are at:
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2008/table12.html
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2008/index.html
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		<title>The ADA at 20: Dreams Delivered, Dreams Deferred</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ADA Coalition of Connecticut, Inc. (ADACC)
cordially invites you to a reception to recognize the Twentieth Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act and those who have been key in making the ADA work in Connecticut and the premier showing of ADACC’s informative and exciting video:
“The 20th Anniversary of the Americans with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sign Up for CT Alert!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of Connecticut’s has a new statewide emergency notification system.   CT Alert allows state authorities to communicate critical information to its residents before, during and after emergencies. The system is a fast and efficient way for Connecticut authorities to reach residents during events such as natural disasters and public-health emergencies.
During an emergency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Were You Born in PR?  Need Help??</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commission on Deaf and Hearing Impaired (CDHI) announces that it offers assistance to any deaf persons who were born in Puerto Rico in filing out the application for new birth certificate.  They must bring their old birth certificates to CDHI Office at 67 Prospect Avenue in Hartford, CT.
When:	Thursday, July 8th   &#8211;  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Legislation Affecting People with Disabilities</title>
		<link>http://ccosd.org/2010/06/30/1221/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=1221</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please see the BILL TRACKING REPORT page on the OPA website for the 2010 Annual Legislative Report on Legislation Affecting People with Disabilities.  The report is available in alternative formats upon request.
The OPA website is www.ct.gov/opapd On the left side of the webpage click on Legislation, then BILL TRACKING REPORT.]]></description>
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		<title>ADA 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Judicial Branch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EVENT:  Art Exhibit of work created by adults with disabilities
PLACE:  Jury Assembly Room at 1 Court Street, Middletown, CT
DATE:    Monday, July 26, 2010
TIME:     11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Please come see an Art Exhibit hosted by the Connecticut Judicial Branch. The work on display was created by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRS Forum at Norwich, CT on 7/21/2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRS Council to Meet
On Wednesday, July 21 from 1:00 – 3:30 pm, the bi-monthly meeting of the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services (BRS) State Rehabilitation Council will be held at the Southeastern Mental Health Authority (SMHA), 401 West Thames Street, Building 301, Norwich. All meetings of the Council are open to the public. If you plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please Help Spread this Information to Your Hispanic/Latino Friends!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although birth certificates issued by Puerto Rico will become invalid July 1, 2010,  people don&#8217;t need to rush to get new birth certificates unless they have an immediate need for a reason.
Puerto Rican officials are trying to avoid an avalanche of birth certificate applications that could delay issuing new birth cetificates in a process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, MAKE SURE  THAT YOU RSVP AND REQUEST AN INTERPRETER !</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stacie Mawson, Executive Director of Commission on Deaf &#038; Hearing Impaired advises to request an interpreter if you are interested in this forum.  Congressman Blumenauer, the strong supporter of bicycle and pedestrian programs in the US Congress, and the congressman who introduced the Active Community Transportation Act (see  http://support.railstotrails.org/ACT for more information) , [...]]]></description>
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