I just couldn’t understand why people hated me for simply existing.
I had no idea that disability hate crime is illegal Hearing my phone ping, I clicked on my social media post – and instantly felt sick to my stomach. ‘You probably don’t even have cerebral palsy – you’re just faking it!’ the comment read. The post came from a stranger. I could feel a wave of sadness engulfing me. This post was just the most recent after years of hurtful, harmful slurs that I had received – just because of my condition.
People hurled insults relating to my condition, or accused me of faking cerebral palsy. They had no idea what life is like for me, day to day, but they were happy to post abusive comments relating to my disability. The online abuse lasted until about 2020. Later in 2020, I was out when I saw police officers giving leaflets and information about hate crime. It was then I realised, for the first time, that the vile abuse and threats I received were disability hate crimes.
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