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		<title>2012 CTBLN Employment Conference and Career Fair</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year’s fair is held on Friday, May 4th from 10 until 3 at MCC’s Arts, Science and Technology Center.  Attached is a flyer outlining the event.2012_ECCF Flyer at manchester 5 4 2012]]></description>
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		<title>You Can Try the Monthly White House Disability Call</title>
		<link>http://ccosd.org/2012/01/11/you-can-try-the-monthly-white-house-disability-call/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[ From: White House Disability Group info@messages.whitehouse.gov&#62;    The White House Monday, January 9, 2011     Hello everyone,    We&#8217;re once again resuming our monthly disability calls.    In order to help keep you more informed, we host these monthly calls to  update you on various disability issues as well as to introduce you to  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Deaf and Hard of Hearing Gain Full Access to Online Media!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please help sign the petition to get full captions on all online medias. When you sign the petition it has security&#8230;check for the website addy&#8230;to be sure it include &#8220;s&#8221; after http. Subject: Whitehouse petition for online accessibility and equal access for all. To: universal-subtitles-deaf-hoh@googlegroups.com Hello Everyone, Please share and sign this petition. I have written [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meetings about BRS and CDHI</title>
		<link>http://ccosd.org/2011/09/21/meetings-about-brs-and-cdhi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bureau of Rehabilatition Services;BRS;CDHI;Commission on Deaf and Hearing Impaired]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRS Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors for the Deaf (RCDs), their State Coordinator for the Deaf, and CDHI Counseling Department and will be travelling each month to different cities throughout the state to meet with the community to introduce and talk about BRS and CDHI services for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and CODA individuals! Tuesday, October 18, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic NAD Film Selected as One of 25 for Preservation by Library of Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) film &#8220;Preservation of Sign Language&#8221; by George W. Veditz was selected to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress along with other films such as &#8220;Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back&#8221;, &#8220;All the President&#8217;s Men&#8221;, &#8220;Malcolm X&#8221;, and &#8220;Saturday Night Fever&#8221;. &#8220;Preservation of Sign Language&#8221; was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greg Hlibok Appointed as Chief of Disability Rights Office</title>
		<link>http://ccosd.org/2010/11/16/greg-hlibok-appointed-as-chief-of-disability-rights-office/</link>
		<comments>http://ccosd.org/2010/11/16/greg-hlibok-appointed-as-chief-of-disability-rights-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Greg will be heading up the Disability Rights Office at a crucial time, as the FCC ramps up to implement the most significant disability law in two decades,” said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.&#8221;New duties: &#8220;..including telecommunications relay service (TRS), access to telecommunications equipment and services by persons with disabilities, access to emergency information, and closed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Barack Obama Issues Executive Order — Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities</title>
		<link>http://ccosd.org/2010/08/11/president-barack-obama-issues-executive-order-%e2%80%94-increasing-federal-employment-of-individuals-with-disabilities/</link>
		<comments>http://ccosd.org/2010/08/11/president-barack-obama-issues-executive-order-%e2%80%94-increasing-federal-employment-of-individuals-with-disabilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of July 26, 2010 President Barack Obama announced that he ordered to establish the Federal Government as a model employer of individuals with disabilities. Click the White House website for more detailed information: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-increasing-federal-employment-individuals-with-disabilities]]></description>
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		<title>Sign Language Sent From the Outer Space!! Cooool!!</title>
		<link>http://ccosd.org/2010/07/24/sign-language-sent-from-the-outer-space-cooool/</link>
		<comments>http://ccosd.org/2010/07/24/sign-language-sent-from-the-outer-space-cooool/#comments</comments>
		<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&#8242;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. It is time now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sign Up for CT Alert!</title>
		<link>http://ccosd.org/2010/06/30/sign-up-for-ct-alert/</link>
		<comments>http://ccosd.org/2010/06/30/sign-up-for-ct-alert/#comments</comments>
		<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 you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPA Seeking Factual Stories About VRI in Hospitals!</title>
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		<comments>http://ccosd.org/2010/06/16/opa-seeking-factual-stories-about-vri-in-hospitals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (OPA) has received several complaints about the hospitals in Connecticut using the VRS (video remote services) for any patients who are deaf. Some hospitals do not honor these patients&#8217; requests or preference of using live interpreters instead of VRI (video remote interpreters). The OPA needs [...]]]></description>
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