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by Mark Glasgow
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Paralympians deserve our support despite Atos sponsorship of the Games | Sue Marsh

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Celebrating the superhuman feats of disabled people at the Games is the best riposte to Atos Healthcare’s ‘arrogant’ deal I love the Olympics. One of my earliest memories is of the entire family setting alarms for 4am to watch Robin Cousins win gold in the ice skating. We always watched every event, from archery to synchronised swimming

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by Mark Glasgow
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British Paralympic Association unveils ‘five-year vision’ to widen remit

British Paralympic Association unveils ‘five-year vision’ to widen remit

BPA unveils strategic plan that aims to use profile of London 2012 to help ‘inspire a better world for disabled people’ The British Paralympic Association has vowed to use the momentum of this summer’s London Games to help improve the grassroots provision of disabled sport and “inspire a better world for disabled people”. Against a backdrop of renewed concern from Paralympic luminaries including Tanni Grey-Thompson that wider changes to the welfare system could harm sporting chances, the BPA has unveiled a new “five-year vision”. It will seek to use the profile of London 2012 to help improve grassroots sport provision, change attitudes towards disabled people in society and improve accessibility.

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by Mark Glasgow
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Councils ‘failing to assess needs of carers of people with autism’

Councils ‘failing to assess needs of carers of people with autism’

Survey finds four out of five carers have not been through assessment process that councils are obliged to provide Only one in five carers of people with autism have ever received the local authority assessment of their needs to which they are legally entitled, according to a major survey of carers’ needs. Of more than 5,500 carers who filled in an online survey for the National Autistic Society (NAS), 80% said they had never been through the assessment process, which local authorities are obliged to provide and which helps them obtain the right assistance.

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by Mark Glasgow
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Challenge for Paralympics to change lives and perceptions

Challenge for Paralympics to change lives and perceptions

Wheelchair basketball medallist Ade Adepitan praises transport aid that is threatened by cuts There’s a sense of fizzing excitement around this summer’s Paralympics. The games are “coming home” – the first forerunner to the Paralympics took place in Stoke Mandeville in 1948 – and for Team GB supporters there are expectations of an avalanche of golden moments to match the second place in the medal table achieved in Beijing. But it’s not just about sporting spectacle, human drama and podium glory in what are predicted to be the biggest Paralympics, with 165 countries set to compete, compared to 146 in Beijing

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by Mark Glasgow
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Letters: The human cost of disability cuts

We are concerned about the current and projected impacts on disabled people of the changes to employment and support allowance; the ongoing issues with the work capability assessment; the reduction in local authority social care expenditure; the replacement of disability living allowance by personal independence payment; the closure of the independent living fund and the cap on housing benefit ( Report , 10 May).

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by Mark Glasgow
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Nurses fear spending cuts will put people with learning disabilities at risk

Nurses fear spending cuts will put people with learning disabilities at risk

Three in four nurses have seen cuts to services in their area in the past year, survey reveals Nurses who work with people with learning disabilities have “real concerns” about the safety of their clients because of cuts in services, according to a study published on Wednesday. A survey of 500 nurses revealed that three out of four saw spending cuts to services in their area in the past year.

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by Mark Glasgow
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Clegg and Cameron’s cruellest day | Polly Toynbee

Clegg and Cameron’s cruellest day | Polly Toynbee

From business to the disabled, Monday was special even for a cabinet whose dogmatic bungling is unrivalled in modern Britain Greece, the birthplace of democracy, has set off a voters’ rebellion against the dictatorship of financiers. In the eye of the vortex, no one knows if the centre can hold or what happens next when voters say no to austerity imposed by the same financiers who caused the crash.

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by Mark Glasgow
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Social workers should play a role in remodelling care

Social workers should play a role in remodelling care

Policy makers should look to frontline professionals when drawing up social care reforms No one can be unaware that the funding of adult social care is one of the major challenges this country faces. The further delay in bringing forward concrete proposals to tackle this will only make things worse. It’s a problem which simply isn’t going to disappear.

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by Mark Glasgow
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We must not miss the chance to reform social care

We must not miss the chance to reform social care

The NHS will buckle under the pressure of increasing demand if the current, broken system is allowed to carry on There is some hope in the Queen’s speech for our ageing population and the care services that provide for them. But the announcement of a draft social care bill must not be used as a vehicle to kick reform into the long grass. The current system is broken and it urgently needs reform.

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