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Our TVs have been graced with a number of disabled performers this week, some of whom have even made the news.

Ceri Rees's X Factor performance, which featured on Sunday evening's show, has generated some discussion in the media about of those who take part in such programmes. reports that Lily Allen was among the celebrities who joined mental health charities Mind and Rethink in questioning the decision to air Ceri's fourth unsuccessful X Factor audition.

Just hours later, for his role as Tyrion Lannister in HBO drama Game of Thrones. Dinklage is of restricted growth but you won't see him in the role of a hobbit, an Oompa-Loompa or one of the seven dwarfs any time soon. We didn't find any Emmy-related news stories mentioning the actor's short stature. A sign of progress maybe?

One performer who doesn't shy away from dwarf-specific roles though is Warwick Davis. His imminent new comedy, Life's Too Short, was written especially for him by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. They've been thanked by Nicky Clarke in the Guardian for

Elsewhere in the news:

UK medics lead Europe's first embryonic stem cell trial (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News)

Dutch engineers make 'robot legs' for stroke patients (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News)

Virus link to ME called into question (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News)

Terminally ill people warned over possible benefit cut (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News)

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Schizophrenia and epilepsy have 'strong link' (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News)

Learning to live with autism in Ethiopia

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