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It's an eclectic week for disability news. Paralympics dominate but lots of disability news stories are using the forthcoming event as a launchpad over this period. But we start with some sad news that we didn't expect to hear this time last week:

• Tony Nicklinson passed away earlier this week, just days after he lost his case in the High Court for the right to end his life.

The 58 year old husband and father, who had locked-in syndrome, died peacefully at his home due to pneumonia. He had been refusing food since receiving the verdict.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News Magazine's Paper Monitor summerised newspapers' reactions to Mr. Nicklinson's unexpected death.

• Channel 4, who hold the TV rights to the Paralympic Games, aired their much awaited hidden camera show about disability this week.

I'm Spazticus, which saw disabled people play pranks on able-bodied members of the public, received mixed reviews. Scott Jordan-Harris wrote in The Telegraph that . Writing for the Independent, fellow disabled blogger Sarah Ismail went one step further, calling the comedy , while one of the stars of the show, Peter Mitchell defended it when he told The Radio Times that, .

Paralympic News

The lead up to the London 2012 Paralympic Games has dominated the news over the past seven days. Here's just a flavor of what has been reported so far and below these are the regular headlines.

Duke of Edinburgh to miss Paralympic Games opening ceremony (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Friday 24 August)

Paralympic Games: Cauldron lit ahead of torch relay (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Friday 24 August)

Carried by soldiers, no score-keepers at 1960 Paralympics (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News Magazine, Friday 24 August)

Jordanian Paralympian sex charge trio to miss Games (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Thursday 23 August)

Paralympic Games: Ex-boxer Michael Watson to carry torch (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News Thursday 23 August)

Olympiad festival to 'open doors for disabled artists' (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Thursday 23 August)

How hard is it to travel around London in a wheelchair? (CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Newsround, Thursday 23 August)

(The Guardian, Thursday 23 August)

Paralympic athletes who harm themselves to perform better (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Wednesday 22 August)

Meet the Boccia brothers (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Tuesday 21 August)

(The Mirror Online, Tuesday 21 August)

(The guardian, Monday 20 August)

Elsewhere in the news

Some mental health patients in Wales coerced (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Friday 24 August)

Audit Commission urges social care savings of Β£300m (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Thursday 23 August)

Older dads linked to rise in genetic disorder (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Wednesday 22 August)

Wheelchair user pushing himself across Africa (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Tuesday 21 August)

(The Guardian, Monday 20 August)