News round-up: London 2012 Paralympics passes the 100-day countdown
Last Monday, 21 May, marked 100 days to go before the long-awaited opening of the London 2012 Paralympics on Wednesday 29 August. With this milestone came a flurry of stories.
The president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Sir Philip Craven, looked ahead to the future as he suggested - in an interview you'll be able to hear in the next edition of the Ouch! disability talk show - that the Olympics and Paralympics could merge into a single event after 2020.
There was controversy for the IPC and Craven too, as Atos, the company whose UK healthcare arm is responsible for delivering Work Capability Assessments for disabled people on Incapacity Benefits, was of the Paralympics.
Meanwhile, about the government's planned disability benefit cuts, voicing her concern that they will affect the development of disabled athletes and undermine the Games' aim of widening access to sport for disabled people.
More of the week's headlines
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Many NHS trusts 'rationing cataract surgery' (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Thursday 24 May)
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NICE releases new pain relief guidelines (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Wednesday 23 May)
Fergus Walsh: Morphine and pain control (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Wednesday 23 May)
Diabetes care 'has been failing for decade' (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Wednesday 23 May)
Chelsea Flower Show: Furzey learning disability garden wins gold (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Tuesday 22 May)
(The Guardian, Tuesday 22 May)
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Recession prompts rise in calls to mental health lines (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Monday 21 May)
(The Guardian, Monday 21 May)
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Fashion label caters for disabled women (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Monday 21 May)
West Berkshire Council faces High Court challenge over social care cuts (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Monday 21 May)
Pioneering treatment could restore sight (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Monday 21 May)
Fixing bodies broken in years of Arab world violence (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Monday 21 May)
London 2012: Coldplay to headline Paralympic ceremony (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Monday 21 May)
(The Guardian, Monday 21 May)
(The Guardian, Monday 21 May)
Olympic torch carried by determined Parkinson's patient (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Monday 21 May)
(The Telegraph, Monday 21 May)
(Daily Mail, Monday 21 May)
China dissident Chen Guangcheng arrives in the US (Ö÷²¥´óÐã News, Sunday 20 May)
(The Telegraph, Sunday 20 May)
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