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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Community leaders, workers defend Sunmount</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17797/20110608/community-leaders-workers-defend-sunmount</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 8, 2011) Fall-out continues this week from a New York Times article published Monday that described “patterns of abuse” at the Sunmount Developmental Center in Tupper LakeSunmount cares for some of the most troubled and vulnerable people with developmental disabilities.  The facility is also one of the region’s top employers, providing over one thousand jobs.State officials and disability advocates said the report in the Times makes it clear that reforms are needed but local workers and elected officials said the vast majority of workers at Sunmount are doing a good job, providing safe and supportive care.Brian Mann has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17797/20110608/community-leaders-workers-defend-sunmount">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fall-out continues this week from a New York Times article published Monday that described “patterns of abuse” at the Sunmount Developmental Center in Tupper LakeSunmount cares for some of the most troubled and vulnerable people with developmental disabilities.  The facility is also one of the region’s top employers, providing over one thousand jobs.State officials and disability advocates said the report in the Times makes it clear that reforms are needed but local workers and elected officials said the vast majority of workers at Sunmount are doing a good job, providing safe and supportive care.Brian Mann has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17797/20110608/community-leaders-workers-defend-sunmount">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, adirondacks, cuomo, albany, disabilities, health care, sunmount, developmental disabilities, [loc:44.2239488 -74.4640575], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Lawsuit challenges access to Adirondack wilderness for people with disabilities</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17289/20110311/lawsuit-challenges-access-to-adirondack-wilderness-for-people-with-disabilities</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 11, 2011) The state of New York plans to ask a Federal judge to throw out a lawsuit which claims that environmental laws and regulations in the Adirondack Park violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lawsuit, filed last summer, challenges rules that ban floatplane and motorized access to wilderness areas inside the Blue Line.But as the plaintiffs look to expand their suit to target more conservation laws, the Attorney General is preparing to ask that the case be dismissed. Chris Morris has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17289/20110311/lawsuit-challenges-access-to-adirondack-wilderness-for-people-with-disabilities">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The state of New York plans to ask a Federal judge to throw out a lawsuit which claims that environmental laws and regulations in the Adirondack Park violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lawsuit, filed last summer, challenges rules that ban floatplane and motorized access to wilderness areas inside the Blue Line.But as the plaintiffs look to expand their suit to target more conservation laws, the Attorney General is preparing to ask that the case be dismissed. Chris Morris has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17289/20110311/lawsuit-challenges-access-to-adirondack-wilderness-for-people-with-disabilities">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, adirondacks, outdoor recreation, tourism, disabilities, people with disabilities act, motorized recreation, seaplane, lowes lake, [loc:44.2239488 -74.4640575], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Universal design: improving access for people with disabilities</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17039/20110128/universal-design-improving-access-for-people-with-disabilities</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 28, 2011) The term “universal design” isn’t well known but its principals are all around us. Modern elevators, hallways and doors are all easier to use than they used to be. As the Innovation Trail’s Daniel Robison reports, a western New York group has played a key role in making the world more accessible for people with disabilities and everyone else. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17039/20110128/universal-design-improving-access-for-people-with-disabilities">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: NCPR News</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The term “universal design” isn’t well known but its principals are all around us. Modern elevators, hallways and doors are all easier to use than they used to be. As the Innovation Trail’s Daniel Robison reports, a western New York group has played a key role in making the world more accessible for people with disabilities and everyone else. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17039/20110128/universal-design-improving-access-for-people-with-disabilities">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:43</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, disabilities, building, construction, universal design, access, buffalo, innovation trail, [loc:42.8864468 -78.8783689], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Entrepreneurs with disabilities</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17038/20110125/entrepreneurs-with-disabilities</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 25, 2011) The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is around 50-percent higher than for people without. A program piloted by Syracuse University aims to change that by helping people with disabilities become entrepreneurs. Innovation Trail’s Ryan Morden takes us to one of the program’s success stories, a taco shop in downtown Syracuse. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17038/20110125/entrepreneurs-with-disabilities">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is around 50-percent higher than for people without. A program piloted by Syracuse University aims to change that by helping people with disabilities become entrepreneurs. Innovation Trail’s Ryan Morden takes us to one of the program’s success stories, a taco shop in downtown Syracuse. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17038/20110125/entrepreneurs-with-disabilities">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, disabilities, economy, job training, syracuse, innovation trail, [loc:43.0481221 -76.1474244], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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