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    <title>Spectrum Magazine for the Autism Community</title>
    <link>http://www.spectrumpublications.com</link>
    <description>Spectrum Publications &#45; The Magazine for Families of Individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities</description>
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    <dc:creator>NotObsessedWithTrains@spectrumpublications.com</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2010</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2010-03-15T18:47:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Hoping to return to living a life that is undefeated</title>
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            Often we prefer physical pain and unconsciously ease our mental anguish...
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      <dc:date>2010-03-15T18:47:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Once Upon A Time</title>
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            How do you plan for a child that has normal abilities in association with a variety of autistic conditions?
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      <dc:date>2010-03-15T18:28:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Additions and Subtractions</title>
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            Man, am I happy to see 2009 go. Personally, last year felt like it would never end.
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      <dc:date>2010-01-23T07:25:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : The most wonderful time of the year</title>
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            With those powerhouse leaders over at National Autism Association kicking my ass with “Hope-ism” all the time, I can never give up.
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      <dc:date>2010-01-18T21:36:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Alphabet Soup</title>
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            I am talking about the one thing that all parents fear the most...a group home
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      <dc:date>2010-01-16T00:12:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : I get by with a little help from my meds</title>
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            To forget everything I'd lie in bed sleeping as much as possible...
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-05T21:02:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : 1 in What the &#8216;frig&#8217; ?</title>
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      <guid>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/1_in_what_the_frig/#When:09:04:36Z</guid>
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            Addressing the Outrage over WTF?
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T09:04:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : My New York City Story</title>
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            "I'm terrified of going back. I'm also terrified of not going back." 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-22T22:33:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Extreme Life Makeover</title>
      <link>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/extreme_life_makeover/</link>
      <guid>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/extreme_life_makeover/#When:03:56:45Z</guid>
    <description>
        <![CDATA[
            When Cris asked me to write for the Spectrum Magazine Website I thought “Are you kidding me?  Who has time for that?”  Of course I said yes.
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-19T03:56:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Roadblocks and Backslides</title>
      <link>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/roadblocks_and_backslides/</link>
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    <description>
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            This Time I Need a Little Help From My Friends. 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-15T21:44:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Miracle on Sweet Hollow Road</title>
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            If you don't see miracles, then you're not paying attention! 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-11T21:39:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Secret Agent Man</title>
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      <guid>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/secret_agent_man_/#When:00:34:37Z</guid>
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            For parents of children with ASD, our secret agent man is our local non-profit agencies. 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-05T00:34:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Who Sets the Bar?</title>
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            The reality is that young adults with ASD have a multitude of untapped abilities. They can absolutely achieve so much more than we give them credit for. 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-27T21:54:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : For Anna</title>
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            I'm dedicating the next issue of Spectrum in memory of my cousin Anna Baldino. 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-25T21:21:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Get Me Out of This Fishbowl!</title>
      <link>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/get_me_out_of_this_fishbowl_/</link>
      <guid>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/get_me_out_of_this_fishbowl_/#When:14:15:21Z</guid>
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            The fact that our school districts do not have SUITABLE transition plans for students with ASD is without question…UNACCECPTABLE.
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-22T14:15:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Over 18 With Autism</title>
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        <![CDATA[
            
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-19T17:40:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Inappropriate Laughter</title>
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            My favorite stories have always been those that manage to be both funny and sad, all at once.
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-18T06:17:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Picking a Person/People of the Year</title>
      <link>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/picking_a_person_people_of_the_year/</link>
      <guid>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/picking_a_person_people_of_the_year/#When:17:29:02Z</guid>
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            It's that time of the year again where we take a closer look at the past year and figure who stood out. 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-11T17:29:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Let&#8217;s Try This Again</title>
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            If at first you don't succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-02T00:44:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Columbia University Autism Conference &#45; Part Two</title>
      <link>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/columbia_university_autism_conference_-_part_two/</link>
      <guid>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/columbia_university_autism_conference_-_part_two/#When:05:00:45Z</guid>
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            It's a long autism-related story and when the process is complete, or perhaps sooner, I expect to write about it in great detail. 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-11T05:00:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : An Autism Conference of Contradictions &#45; Part One</title>
      <link>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/an_autism_conference_of_contradictions_-_part_one/</link>
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            I attended an Autism Conference at Teachers College Columbia University last week and found much of it heartening. 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-21T05:00:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : A Very Cranky Autism Passover Blog</title>
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            I am having a tough time deciding this week what is annoying me more, the pending "celebration" of Autism Awareness Day and/or Month. Or that of Passover? What a choice.
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-31T05:00:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : But I&#8217;m Not Obsessed with Trains&#8230;</title>
      <link>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/but_im_not_obsessed_with_trains/</link>
      <guid>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/but_im_not_obsessed_with_trains/#When:05:00:26Z</guid>
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            I'll be writing a weekly column chronicling my existence as a female living with Asperger's.
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      <dc:date>2009-03-30T05:00:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : An Open Letter to Anonymous</title>
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            It amazes me to what extent some people would go to when trying to put fear into a reporter.
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-23T05:00:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Autism Snow Day</title>
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            If you are an autism parent that is the first and most obvious thing you ponder when the television stations start flashing those banners on school closings. 
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-03T05:00:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Bad Justice, Bad Journalism, A Maligned Doctor And A Dead Mother</title>
      <link>http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/blogs/bad_justice_bad_journalism_a_maligned_doctor_and_a_dead_mother/</link>
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        <![CDATA[
            
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-02-19T05:00:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : What I Tell People About Vaccines</title>
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      <dc:date>2009-01-21T05:00:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Denis Leary really is an A$@%0&amp;amp;#</title>
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            I've bitten my lip mostly because I was a fan of his comedy and his work as an actor, writer and producer. I wanted to give him the benefit of doubt, just like I have in the past
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      <dc:date>2009-01-19T05:00:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : Mom On Meds</title>
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      <dc:date>2009-01-13T05:00:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Blogs : For Kelly Preston</title>
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      <dc:date>2009-01-05T05:00:37+00:00</dc:date>
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