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The Latest Victim.

According to his sister, Cathie Wood, Mark Wood was a "sweet and gentle person." The only thing was, Mark suffered from a number of complex mental health problems. For most of his life these had remained undiagnosed, but in his late 20s he was said to have both Asperger Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. These problems made it impossible for Mark to work. Indeed, he was sacked from his first job because his employer said that he was "unable to follow instructions", and his doctor, Nicholas Ward, said in a letter to the jobcentre, that Mark was "extremely unwell and not fit for any work whatsoever." However, as many of you will know, those who receive sickness benefits are currently being reassessed to see if they are indeed unfit to work. So Mark, as is the case with so many others like him, had to go through the process of being reassessed for his benefits, a process being carried out by the multinational company, Atos. Despite the overwhelming