LIVE BLOG: Celebrating the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games
Team GB’s athletes have won: 29 gold medals, 16 silver and 19 bronze. Britain has finished third in the overall Olympic standings.
Thank you #London2012 – next: The Paralympics
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I sent you guys an email, but didn’t receive a reply, so i’ll pose the question here……..
If a paralympian receives National Lottery funding, why would they need to be assessed by ATOS for benefits ?
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I don’t ask this to be controversial, I ask this as someone who doesn’t/hasn’t have to go through the process.
I can think that National Lottery funding doesn’t fully cover living costs,
I can think that national coverage of disabled games opens up avenues that didn’t exist before.
It’s certainly opened up my eyes to what can be achieved by people that in all honestly, I wouldn’t have given a second consideration for, but I can’t help but feel that the shot at ATOS was a bit of a political cheap shot.
Surely we should be celebrating their ability to do the things that we do, rather than saying they’re incapable of doing them ??????
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