More Paralympics

I'm finding some interesting articles about how disability is judged/rated through the games, and some interesting sociopolitical pieces for those interested. The second link (from The Ouch), is pretty interesting, talking about both the highs and lows of the opening ceremonies along with some of the nervousness that I've been reading from the disability blogosphere.

• At Paralympics, First Thing Judged Is Disability from the New York Times
• Paralympics opening ceremony: Disabled audience reaction from the BBC The Ouch Blog
• Disabled people divided over Paralympics effect from BBC News
• Sophia Warner: We Paralympians are elite athletes, but with different tools from The Guardian
• Paralympics 2012: disability makes for a surprisingly political Games from The Guardian
• Are we ready to embrace disabled sport? from the BBC The Ouch Blog
• In pictures: Paralympic Games 2012 from The Telegraph (awesome photos of athletes, photojournalist-style)