Interesting Little blurb on disabled hate crimes

VHSman1991 3 years 7 days ago Posts: 82 Account Disabled	I was doing some research on the web about disability hate crimes, and came across this site (http://www.wwda.org.au/hate.htm) and saw something which might set things clear for all of you wondering: Why are so many disabled people victims of hate crimes: negative attitudes towards disability; the exclusion, isolation and poverty of disabled people and their families; lack of supports, advocacy and safeguards; cultural support for violence; gender and power imbalances; the level of abuse in state institutions; negative attitudes towards various groups of people (eg. women, children, gays); the nature of the disability; and perceptions about the credibility of disabled victims. What do you think? Now we all know here some of why this type of hate crime occurs. I wonder how sucessfull disabled people like Chris Burke handle the hate.

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bassman21 3 years 7 days ago Posts: 12790 User Admin	I never knew that hate crimes against the disabled was a major issue. I know abuse is in institutions and with family members, but not from strangers. I don't consider school kids teasing disabled kids to be classified as a hate crime.

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minimaster58 3 years 7 days ago Posts: 1363	Think about all the jokes about disabled people (mentally and physically) you see in the media, they must have a joke against cripples in every Family Guy episode (obvious exageration, but you get the point, and I'm [u]NOT[/u] bashing Family Guy) plus we see more stories about people with problems they are responsible for (pregnant at a young age, morbidly obese with no disease, etc) and less about people with genuine problems and this is why I think most people are ignorant against disabled people.
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bassman21 3 years 7 days ago Posts: 12790 User Admin	The disabled are treated much better today than in say the 70s and 80s as people now have a better understanding. Before the 1980s many handicap people were institutionalized and subjected to procedures that were actually more harmful. Others had their conditions ignored and were beaten/ridiculed because people thought they were choosing to behave the way they were. There are laws now to make sure they get an education and buildings must be accessible for them. My half brother has a learning disability and he got picked on very badly growing up. Most of it was just people's ignorance. As he got older many of the same kids that tormented him became his friend and stuck up for him. My dad was also hard on him because he didn't understand what was wrong with him. Like I said I don't think many people attack the disabled because of their disability, but just because they don't understand they can't help the way they are.

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minimaster58 3 years 5 days ago Posts: 1363	bassman21 wrote: My half brother has a learning disability and he got picked on very badly growing up. Most of it was just people's ignorance. As he got older many of the same kids that tormented him became his friend and stuck up for him. I'm sorry to hear that, school kids make fun of whatever they can get their mitts on.
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VHSman1991
3 years 4 days ago
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Yeah. It gets much worse than that, I'm afraid.
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