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'Which Way to Turn : Overcoming Barriers to Reporting for Victims of Disability Hate Crime' - an article in the International Journal of #Disability and #SocialJustice by Pluto Journals on #ScienceOpen: https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/intljofdissocjus.4.3.0023
ScienceOpenWhich Way to Turn : Overcoming Barriers to Reporting for Victims of Disability Hate Crime<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d9899836e91">The author is autistic. Autism is an attribute that brings univariable focus, along
with unusual mannerisms and humour. These characteristics have led to the author suffering
psychological and physical abuse in the past. The author now works as an advocate
to help bring justice to victims of such disability hate crimes. This article uses
academic evidence and recent testimony from anonymised victims to argue that whichever
course of action is taken to access justice, victims always struggle. Third-party
reporting, reports to the police, and the duty of care supposedly offered by local
agencies are frequently ineffective in supporting disabled people who are seeking
to report crime, having been a victim of someone else’s prejudice. In concluding,
the author, however, reveals a number of techniques adopted by disabled victims to
ensure that they are listened to by agencies that are often unwilling to provide help
and support.
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