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Disablist incidents

This is something bad done to you because you are a disabled (or thought to be disabled) by another person.

It is an offence (crime) brought about by unfriendly or aggressive behaviour towards a victim’s disability.

Bullying

Behaviours identified and talked about by people with learning disabilities include - kicking, biting, name-calling, teasing, stealing, pushing, threatening, having things thrown at you, hitting, being shouted at, demanding money, spitting, hair pulling, being punched or beaten up.

Harassment

When someone makes you upset, frightened, calls you names, attacks you, makes fun of you, winds you up, or phones you all the time when you don’t want it.

True Vision have put together an easy read booklet called 'Disability Hate Crime'.

The book is about:

* Disability hate crime
* Your rights
* The law
* How you can report disability hate crime

On the following page is a link to the booklet.

To view this document you might need to download some software. Visit our documents page for more information.

True Vision Disability Hate Crime booklet.

This is an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) document and is 3.92MB.

True Vision have put together an easy read booklet called 'Report it Form' to help you report hate crime and incidents.

Use the form to help you if you are

* a victim - if it happened to you
* a witness - if you saw it happen to someone else
* if you are reporting an incident for someone else

On the following page is a link to the booklet.

To view this document you might need to download some software. Visit our documents page for more information.

True Vision Report it Form booklet.

This is an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) document and is 4.29MB.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have written an easy read booklet about how they deal with disability hate crime. The CPS work with the police and the courts to make sure they have all the facts and evidence to prosecute someone for a disablist crime.

The report also explains the help and support the CPS can offer to victims of disablist hate crime.

On the following page is a link to the report.

To view this document you might need to download some software. Visit our documents page for more information.

The CPS Disability Hate Crime Policy report.

This is an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) document and is 3.68MB.

Action Plan on Hate Crime

On the following page is an easy read booklet about what the Government is planning to do about hate crime.

To view this document you might need to download some software. Visit our documents page for more information.

The Government's Action Plan on Hate Crime booklet.

This is an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) document and is 449KB.

Increased prison sentence for disability hate crime murders.

The government will now make sure that the prison sentence for disability-related murders will be the same as other hate crime murders.

The prison sentence for disability related murder is 15 years, this could increase to 30 years in line with murders linked to a persons race, religion or sexuality.

If you want to report a disablist incident you can:

* Call Social Inclusion Unit on 01752 305446 or 01752   304321.
* Fill in the reporting form on this website.
* Go to your local Police Station.