INTRODUCTION

As well as my title piece I have some photos, links and infographics to share, including a section following up my much shared “Inhumane Despicable Sociopath” post..

BRITAIN’S BEST EVER

At the World Athletics Championships which concluded yesterday Britain won a total of four gold medals, their best ever. Mo Farah with both the 5,000 and 10,000m, Greg Rutherford (Long Jump) and Jessica Ennis-Hill (Heptathlon) all ascended the top step of the podium in Beijing, all having experienced Olympic misery there seven years previously. There were also a stack of best ever performances from less experienced British athletes, encapsulated by BBC TV in this infographic…

Shelayna Oskanp-Clarke had never previous broken two minutes for the 800m, and until Proctor did so no British female long jumper had ever gone beyond 7.00m. The performances of Asher-Smith and Hitchon were also British records. Dina Asher-Smith having already become the first British woman go sub 11 seconds for the 100m and being part of the 4*100m relay team now has three British records against her name.

INHUMANE DESPICABLE SOCIOPATH: A FOLLOW UP

Partly because of a twitter storm conceived by a well known twitter user named Gail which tied in perfectly with it my blog post about the revelations of DWP deaths, forced out after a long and hard fought campaign, was very widely shared. I have a number of superb related links to share in this section:

• thegreatcritique has this gem: “How Dare ISIL Kill British Citizens – That’s Our Job“
• johnnyvoid offers this on the DWP and faked stories.
• politicalsift have this piece challenging people to remain unbothered by the tens of thousands of deaths for which this Tory government is responsible.
• A view from someone with inside knowledge of Westminster – Michael Meacher argues that parliament should have the power to force IDS out.
• Disabled People Against Cuts have produced “The IDS Files: IDS Versus Reality“.
• From disabledgo comes this reminder of a petition that seeks to force ministers to assess the impact of cuts.
• Vox Political has this about a United Nations probe into whether IDS’s reforms involve gross violations of human rights (the answer is yes btw).
• The Mirror has the full piece on the story referred to above.
• Glynis Millward has this cracker entitled “And Still No Word From the Bald One”

Now, a few infographics about this story, starting with this great tweet:

This, formatted like a DWP case study, differs from them in being a true story:

Finally to the end this section, a screendump from a text book of the future that somehow appeared on my screen…

A PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERLUDE

LINKS

I am dividing this in to two main subsections, starting with…

AUTISM

Within this section I am starting with a case which is reaching a conclusion soon…

JUSTICE FOR KAYLEB

I have blogged about this outrageous case of an autistic grade 6 boy facing a lifeltime with a felony conviction, but since the case is now going through the courts I include these two links:

• :The original change.org petition.
• The latest update.

Also, for twitter users (I have already done so btw), here is a temporary profile pic you may wish to use in solidarity with Kayleb:

OTHER AUTISM RELATED LINKS

• First up, The Art of Autism have this piece about an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times that asks searching questions about Autism Speaks. In particular, attention is called to the number of autistic people involved in running Autism Speaks: ZERO.
• thecrickettimes are not an autism related publication, but this edition includes a piece by an autistic person – look under “Leisure”.
• Likewise, tweetedtimes are not actually autism related, but have recently included an article by an autistic individual.

THE REMAINING LINKS

I start with a couple of petitions:

• This from 38Degrees seeking to launch a class action lawsuit against the government.
• This petition, aimed directly at the government, seeking to protect wildlife.

I have three more links to purely text based material:

1. From patienttalk comes this about helping a disabled child to have a better experience at school.
2. This from Shelter about the fact that golf courses take up as much of England as does housing.
3. This post from anotherangryvoice deals with the much peddled myth that national economies are like families.

My last link is to a wonderful protest song by Welsh singer Charlotte Church.