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   BBC Ouch! newsletter: comedians, individual budgets of lurv, CSI detectives
A-Levels, students, individual budgets, paralympic swimming and the Edinburgh Fringe. Variety must indeed be the spice of life. DISABILITY B1TCH GETS A BIT OF HOT ACTION With talk of benefits cheats high up on the agenda, now we find newspapers are telling their readers that disabled people spend public money on pr0stitutes and holidays. Sheesh. DISABILITY IS EVERYWHERE Holed-up in a hotel in Dubai, our correspondent Simon Minty continues his series on how you don't have to go too far or look too hard to find the disability connection. INTERVIEW: COMEDIAN MACKENZIE TAYLOR No Straight Jacket Required is probably the only comedy show at Edinburgh this year where the performer discusses his fairly recent suicide attempt. Mackenzie Taylor answers our 13 Questions. DISABLED STUDENT DIARIES 2009-2010 It's A-Level results day and for many it's time to think about going to university. Last year we followed Andrea, Charlotte and Lee in their first month of higher education. They each have a different disability. Independent living, studying and socialising can be a very different challenge if you're disabled. With videos and weekly diaries, get tips and find out how they handled it last Autumn. OUCH! TALK SHOW, AUGUST 2010 Featuring trips to Lourdes, tingly tongues and a classic Veg, Veg or Veg, plus blind football and music by the Marianna Hollow. Liz Carr and Gary O’Donoghue present. DIS CONNECTED VIDEO INTERVIEW SERIES Trisha Goddard, Cerrie Burnell, Cara Readle, Gail Porter, Blaine Harrison, John Horan, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Baroness Jane Campbell. All disabled in some way ... and all sharing their knowledge and experience in these seven intimate videos. DISCUSSIONS .. what you're talking about on our knowledgeable and insightful Message boards. Studying and Study Skills with disabilities Assistance dogs? DISABILITY NEWS Check out our regularly updated news headlines page here http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/news.shtml STUFF LISTEN: The Report More than 2.5 million British adults currently live on incapacity benefits but from October the coalition government has pledged to scrap them, declaring many people "fit for work." Mukul Devichand investigates a test - which is already being used for new claims and is now being reviewed after complaints. Listen: coverage of the Paralympic swimming world championships Originally broadcast on BBC radio 5 live Sports Extra, Catch up on 130 minutes of uninterrupted commentary from the World Paralympic Championships, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. ACCESSIBLE TV ON BBC IPLAYER: Add the following links to your favourites and share with your friends Catch ya next week. Email us in the meantime ouch@bbc.co.uk ... we need talent so don't hide it.
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