Hi Joyce,
Keith's quote was from a blog post of mine. The link for it is http://funkymangosmusings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/badd-dead-happy-derek-and-disablism.html.
Best wishes,
Margo
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Hello Keith - with many thanks for this posting and very sorry to read about your experience. We've also seen an increase in disabilist abuse in football in the UK - and especially in postings on fans forum pages. Unfortunately I couldn’t get the link you sent to work. Please could you resend. Best Joyce
Joyce Cook, OBE
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CAFE - Centre for Access to Football in Europe
Total Football Total Access
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"But what harm can a TV programme do?
Well, a couple of days after the programme was broadcast, I was at my local shops. A bunch of kids yelled "Oi, Derek!" at me. I'm female, I don't have learning difficulties, and I use a wheelchair. The only similarity I can think of between me and Derek is...we're both disabled. For these kids at least, the programme was making disabled people in general into objects of derision and targets for abuse.
And there's evidence that as disablist speech becomes more common, so does disablist hate crime. A report at the end of 2011 showed that hate crime had risen by more than 75% in one year. Disabled people report being spat at, having faeces pushed through their letterboxes, and even being tipped out of their wheelchairs or physically attacked."
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind1205&L=disability-research&F=&S=&X=6A11FA415CF623D615&Y
Good article and some good points.
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