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The continuing violence towards disabled people
Author(s) -
Capewell Carmel,
Ralph Sue,
Bonnett Liz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of research in special educational needs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1471-3802
DOI - 10.1111/1471-3802.12112
Subject(s) - coroner , newspaper , disabled people , value (mathematics) , beauty , criminology , interpretation (philosophy) , sociology , psychology , gender studies , law , media studies , suicide prevention , political science , poison control , medicine , psychiatry , medical emergency , cerebral palsy , machine learning , computer science , programming language
Western society places high value on physical beauty and grace of movement, and tends to shun those who do not have these qualities. Disability hate crime highlights the modern form of this violence. This paper uses the high‐profile case of F iona P ilkington to examine how disability hate crime can be dismissed until it results in tragic consequences. Newspapers play a key part in shaping the public's interpretation of disability. An examination of the reports of the coroner's enquiry into the deaths of F iona and F rancesca P ilkington through a qualitative content analysis questions how much progress has been made in reducing the marginalisation of disabled people.