Read SEN & Disability News (Quick before they ban disability)

The spotlight is firmly on disability in the media at the moment, with the Paralympics underway, not to mention the ATOS games as disability rights protestors demonstrate against the government's new assessments aimed at getting people off disability benefits and into work.

It is quite a contrast, as on the one hand the country, quite rightly, celebrates its finest athletes who happen to have some form of impairment, against those, rather more everyday disabled people, who are currently living in fear that vital financial support will be removed from them in a government-ordered assessment that appears to be more akin to blunt force trauma. For a really thoughtful post about this, see my top story selection below by Polly Toynbee in The Guardian.

The government would do well to remember that our society is judged by how we treat our most vulnerable. As they sit and watch as the Paralympic athletes do us proud, I hope Mr Cameron et al, feel at least a little prick of conscience.

Take a look at the week's stories - don't forget to leave your own favourite too in the comments

Tania Tirraoro
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