# Paralympics protest aims to strike ‘major blow’ against Atos **URL:** \ **Category:** Everyday living\ **Created:** [4 August 2012 12:55 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/paralympics-protest-aims-to-strike-major-blow-against-atos/1886 "2012-08-04T12:55:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sparkledust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sparkledust](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Sparkledust)\ **Post date:** [4 August 2012 12:55 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/paralympics-protest-aims-to-strike-major-blow-against-atos/1886/1 "2012-08-04T12:55:16Z")
Disabled activists look set to target next month’s Paralympics in London in protest at the involvement of Atos Healthcare, the much-criticised company which carries out “fitness for work” tests on behalf of the government. The grassroots campaign group [Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) said it would be holding five days of protests against Atos](http://www.dpac.uk.net/2012/07/our-atos-games/), which is a major sponsor of London 2012. **DPAC plans to deliver a coffin full of messages from disabled people to Atos on 27 August, with protests planned at local Atos offices across the country the following day.** **On 29 August, there will be a “spoof Paralympic awards ceremony”, with plans the next day to “flood Atos with calls” and generate a huge reaction on the social media site Twitter.** The five-day protest will end on Friday 31 August with a major protest in London, which DPAC promises will be “an audacious, daring and disruptive action” and will coincide with the second day of Paralympic sporting action. Info here: [http://www.bhfederation.org.uk/federation-news/item/1750-paralympics-protest-aims-to-strike-%E2%80%98major-blow%E2%80%99-against-atos.html](http://www.bhfederation.org.uk/federation-news/item/1750-paralympics-protest-aims-to-strike-%E2%80%98major-blow%E2%80%99-against-atos.html)