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		<title>A Slippery Legal Slope</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2015/10/a-slippery-legal-slope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A California lawsuit is working its way through the Santa Clara County court system that left me pretty much speechless when I learned of it. Two families are suing a third, claiming their autistic son is a public nuisance. At &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2015/10/a-slippery-legal-slope/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Fuss About Jenny McCarthy&#8211;For All the Wrong Reasons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may or may not know, Jenny McCarthy will be replacing Joy Behar on the daytime talk show &#8220;The View.&#8221; This doesn’t sound like big news to me, but the internet has been ablaze with folks screaming about how &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2013/07/making-a-fuss-about-jenny-mccarthy-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, Take 2</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2013/07/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-take-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago I wrote about a photograph. It’s a standard class photo that shows a boy in a wheelchair seated off to the side, leaning over to get closer to his classmates. In a word, the photo says exclusion. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2013/07/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-take-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Independence Day! I’ve been thinking a lot about inclusion the past couple of weeks and the main reason has to do with a photo, a photo that isn’t of me, or my daughter Katie, or even of a child &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2013/07/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on &#8220;Quiet Hands&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite what the New York Times and other critics say about memoir, I happen to love the genre—and not just because I write it myself. I love memoir because it grants me temporary access into someone else’s head. I learn &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2012/01/thoughts-on-quiet-hands/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Bitter Pill</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2011/12/a-bitter-pill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even now, more than five years after my daughter’s diagnosis, it’s a bitter pill to swallow. Why is autism still such a mystery? Why don’t we have more answers? Part of the problem is a lack of sufficient funding. In &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2011/12/a-bitter-pill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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