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Hate crime: public statement on prosecuting disability hate crime and other crimes against disabled people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Crown Prosecution Service
- Publisher:
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- London
A policy statement from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) which explains how they deal with and prosecute disability hate crime and other crimes against disabled people, and what support victims and witnesses can expect from the CPS. (Edited publisher abstract)
En/countering disablement in school life in Australia: children talk about peer relations and living with illness and disability
- Author:
- MCMAUGH Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 26(7), 2011, pp.853-866.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper reports the experiential accounts of young people with physical disability or chronic illness as they made the transition to junior high school, with a particular focus on their social experiences with peers and friends. The participants were 24 young people, with a mean age of 12.4 years, with visible and physically limiting disabilities and health conditions including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and cystic fibrosis. Their personal accounts were gathered in 3 interviews during the course of a year from late Year 6 to late Year 7. A total of 72 recorded conversations, amounting to more than 100 hours of communication, documented the transitional experiences of the participants. Children’s reports were examined in a reflexive, disability studies framework, in which commonalities and difference in experience were examined. The findings highlight a common experience of disability-related harassment and differential experiences of friendship, peer rejection and school culture. While children encounter and actively counter disablement in a variety of ways, it is clear that they are also cognisant of the stigma, prejudices and disabling expectations that are at the core of these experiences.
Hidden in plain sight: inquiry into disability-related harassment
- Author:
- EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 231p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
An inquiry was launched by the Equality and Human Rights Commission to investigate the causes of disability-related harassment and examine how organisations such as local authorities are working to prevent and eliminate it. Disability-related harassment is defined as unwanted, exploitative or abusive conduct against disabled people. Part one of the report provides the background to the inquiry, including the current legislative and policy framework. Part two examines 10 serious cases where disabled people had died or were seriously injured due to harassment. For each case the public authorities involved gave evidence about: their awareness of the harassment; their handling of the case; what they could have done differently; and whether they had put into practice any measures to help them avoid similar tragedies in the future. The report summarises the findings for each case, looking at what happened; the response; prosecution; and the review process. Part 3 of the report looks at the wider problem of harassment, indicators of prevalence and draws on submissions made by people who have experiencing harassment. Part 4 looks at how organisations such as police, local authorities, schools and housing providers currently deal with harassment when reported. It identifies examples of good practice and common problem areas. The conclusion sets out a manifesto for change and provides key recommendations.