News round-up: The Undateables, public transport and Gary McKinnon report

Disability, dating and relationships have been making the news and comment pages over the past week, with debate surrounding both the title and the advertising campaign for Channel 4's new reality series about disabled people looking for love. The Undateables finally began on Tuesday 3 April, and reviews and reaction in the press the morning after ranged from critical to very favourable.

Elsewhere, following last week's story in which Baroness Grey-Thompson talked about being left to crawl off a train, disabled sailor Geoff Holt MBE has revealed that he was banned from boarding a train in his electric wheelchair; and a new Home Office report on Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker with Asperger's who has fought a ten-year battle against extradition, reverses the findings of an earlier study and says that he is now mentally fit to face trial in the USA and should no longer be considered a suicide risk.

More of the week's headlines

Millions affected as tax and benefit changes come in (BBC News, Thursday 5 April)

Rise in involuntary mental health admissions (BBC News, Wednesday 4 April)

Charity cuts fear for those with learning disabilities (BBC News, Tuesday 3 April)

A4e in line for major government contract as Equality and Human Rights Commission helpline service (The Guardian, Tuesday 3 April)

The dating world of disabled people (BBC News, Tuesday 3 April)

Are disabled people really 'undateable'? (The Guardian, Tuesday 3 April)

Brainfingers system allows disabled musician to play (BBC News, Tuesday 3 April)

Charity chief quits government welfare panel over incapacity tests (BBC News, Monday 2 April)

Disabled sailor Geoff Holt MBE barred from train (BBC News, Monday 2 April)

France's autism treatment 'shame' (BBC News, Monday 2 April)

One in ten children with autism shrug off worst of condition to become 'high functioning' by age eight, new study reveals (Daily Mail, Monday 2 April)

The Undateables? Disability rights, but Channel 4 wrongs (The Guardian, Monday 2 April)

Disabled man collapses after being refused treatment at walk-in centre and forced to call NHS hotline for ambulance (Daily Mail, Monday 2 April)

Going out on a date, complete with TV crew (The Observer, Sunday 31 March)

Two teachers caught taunting disabled boy, 10, as 'gross' and 'disgusting' after his mother bugged his wheelchair with recording device (Daily Mail, Friday 30 March)

Autistic teen locked in padded room by special school (BBC News, Friday 30 March)

Soldier who lost arm in Afghanistan designs ice axe for Everest trip (The Guardian, Friday 30 March)

Could bacteria cause Obsessive Compulsive Disorder symptoms? Mental health group investigates possible link (Daily Mail, Thursday 29 March)

Gary McKinnon 'mentally fit enough to be extradited', claims report (Daily Telegraph, Thursday 29 March)

Study finds highest-ever rate of autism in the US (The Telegraph, Thursday 29 March)

Duke of Edinburgh asks disabled man: How many people have you knocked over with your mobility scooter? (The Telegraph, Thursday 29 March)