{"id":1276,"date":"2012-02-22T12:27:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T12:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disabilitynottinghamshire.org.uk\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2012-02-22T12:27:43","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T12:27:43","slug":"victimisation-threats-and-abuse-disability-hate-crime-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.disabilitynottinghamshire.org.uk\/index.php\/2012\/02\/22\/victimisation-threats-and-abuse-disability-hate-crime-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Victimisation, Threats and Abuse – Disability hate crime revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young disabled people are failing to report hate crimes to the police because they fear they will not be taken seriously.<\/h3>\n
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Nearly two in three young disabled people say they have been victims of disability hate crimes, such as being verbally or physically abused or suffering threatening behaviour, a survey by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign found. The research, by the campaign’s Trailblazers, a 400-strong group of disabled 18-to-30-year-olds, raises concerns that nationally hundreds of attacks on disabled people are going unreported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Young disabled people are failing to report threatening behaviour and verbal and physical abuse in public due to a fear that these crimes will not be taken seriously,Trailblazers<\/em> campaigners have warned today.<\/p>\n

Trailblazers<\/em> are urging police authorities to review their handling of disability-motivated hate crime, as a new report, Under Investigation<\/a><\/em>, launches today showing that up to 80 per cent of young disabled people believe that the police do not take disability harassment and hate crime seriously enough.<\/p>\n

Our survey reveals that:<\/p>\n