Having the opportunity to highlight incidents like these is why National Hate Crime Awareness Week is so important.
Vile. Sub-human. Sickening. Those are the ableist slurs used to describe me after I landed my first big television job in a Maltesers ad in 2016. One light-hearted 30-second commercial had people on social media tagging me in hurtful memes and making fun of my disability – brittle bones disease, which is a rare genetic condition that means I’m of petite stature so I use a wheelchair full-time.
According to disability organisation, Scope, hate crime directed at our community can consist of: physical attacks – such as assault, damage to property or arson – attacks on assistance dogs, threat of attack – including offensive letters, abusive or obscene telephone calls, texts or intimidation – harassment, bullying and abuse at school, online or in the workplace.
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