News round-up: The Undateables, public transport and Gary McKinnon report
Disability, dating and relationships have been making the news and comment pages over the past week, with debate surrounding both the title and the advertising campaign for Channel 4's new reality series about disabled people looking for love. The Undateables finally began on Tuesday 3 April, and reviews and reaction in the press the morning after ranged from critical to very favourable.
Elsewhere, following last week's story in which Baroness Grey-Thompson talked about being left to crawl off a train, disabled sailor Geoff Holt MBE has revealed that he was banned from boarding a train in his electric wheelchair; and a , the computer hacker with Asperger's who has fought a ten-year battle against extradition, reverses the findings of an earlier study and says that he is now mentally fit to face trial in the USA and should no longer be considered a suicide risk.
More of the week's headlines
Millions affected as tax and benefit changes come in (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, Thursday 5 April)
Rise in involuntary mental health admissions (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, Wednesday 4 April)
Charity cuts fear for those with learning disabilities (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, Tuesday 3 April)
(The Guardian, Tuesday 3 April)
The dating world of disabled people (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, Tuesday 3 April)
(The Guardian, Tuesday 3 April)
Brainfingers system allows disabled musician to play (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, Tuesday 3 April)
Charity chief quits government welfare panel over incapacity tests (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, Monday 2 April)
Disabled sailor Geoff Holt MBE barred from train (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, Monday 2 April)
France's autism treatment 'shame' (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, Monday 2 April)
(Daily Mail, Monday 2 April)
(The Guardian, Monday 2 April)
(Daily Mail, Monday 2 April)
(The Observer, Sunday 31 March)
(Daily Mail, Friday 30 March)
Autistic teen locked in padded room by special school (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, Friday 30 March)
(The Guardian, Friday 30 March)
(Daily Mail, Thursday 29 March)
(Daily Telegraph, Thursday 29 March)
(The Telegraph, Thursday 29 March)
(The Telegraph, Thursday 29 March)
Comment number 1.
At 7th Apr 2012, SpurnedOucher wrote:Great blog stuff Vaughan. Will there be any blog news about who provides the IT stuff for the beeb?
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