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A survey carried out by the John Groom housing society for disabled people ,revealed a shocking rise in hate crime towards disabled people the crimes ranged from verbal abuse, to threats and/or physical violence.
21% of people admitted to being abused on a daily basis, while many admitted to being afraid to venture out after dark,due to the threat of violence.. the society blames the rise in disability hate crime on a lack of awareness and the lack of education on disability issues in schools,this is inspite of many disabled children now being educated in mainstream schools...
Is this just in your part of the world? I wonder why people think they can get away with it and what the justification is? It's a shame that people fear disability or becoming disabled so much that they would abuse disabled people because of it. Makes me glad I'm an intravert I guess.
The report focused mostly on England but this abuse is widespread and in Scotland its endemic..they assume they can get away with it because the majority of attacks still go unreported due to a lack of interest and awareness on the part of the police
is the reality not that the amount of violent crimes in general is on the increase? and therefore, as consequence, also the amout of attacks on disabled people?
hmmm that's 1 theory but I'm afraid the survey clearly stated that disabled people are more likely to be attacked and repeatedly.These violent attacks such as stabbings muggings ect, are random and nearly always one off events,where as the people questioned were talking about consistant abuse on a daily basis..
I agree with goblin, and what the study shows. It's not just happening in England or Scottland. It is a world wide thing. Maybe some places are worse than others, but reguardless, violence against disabled people is going on. Though, I don't encounter this behavior on a daily bases, I understand that it is a problem, and more than likely it will continue to be that way.
I think the disability hate crime has a lot to do with power and fear.The abuser feels intimdated by the disabled person, so they in turn need to inflict pain or humiliation in order to redress the balance, there has to be more co-operation and education, between the disabled and non disabled, however that's the last thing on your mind when you repeatedly hear "hahaha ya spaz nae luck!"
My question is, is all the abuse and violence helping their cause? C'mon, everybody, let's all make lots of blind and disabled babies and take over the poor scared little fucks if that's what they're all so afraid of. Hahahahahaha! I'm sorry, but that partly makes me angry but it makes the abusers look kind of pathetic if they think the disabled are going to take over and outnumber them. Maybe they deserve to be taken over if their response is to be violent.
Wow, this is shocking. Well I am one who has hardly ever been bullied in school or out, and none of my blind friends have either, as far as I know. I go to a mainstreamed school, and though I get ltos of questions about my cane, BrailleNote, vision, etc., I've never been bullied or abused in any way. My parents have always told me that, as I'm planning to get a guide dog, it will hopefully protect me, as well as guide me, as guide dogs can be very attached to their owners. I also agree that there isn't enough taught about disabilities in chool. We learn about the eyes, but there is no mention of blindness in the book. SOmeone explain that to me lol. Caitlin
Yeah, I'm lucky in that I've never been actually abused by random sighted folk just for being me and breathing. Yeah, I got a few of the guys in school who would do things to annoy me and at the time I didn't know any better but to show my annoyance. But nobody seriously tried to humiliate me in a serious fashion. But it makes you wonder wometimes how many people would wish to do it but they feel they have to hold their tongues? But I'm lucky at this point.
You guys are indeed lucky. I learned in school the best way to deal with verbal abuse was to ignore it and simply prove how much you aren't what they ass-u-me-d. However, physical abuse on the other hand is another thing all together.
I was also dvised to ignore the idiots they are looking for a reaction and although I refused to fall for that ploy, they persisted in taunting and harassing me, to the point where I gave up going into town alone for fear of ending up in a situation I couldn't escape from...now we have even more reason to be worried as knife related crime has rocketed in Glasgow its safe to say, that almost every nasty childish little ned, is armed in some way and sadly the knives are not there for show....