Currently, unlike in the case of racial hatred, stirring hatred based on disability is not a crime in the UK.
This means that hate speech and crimes directed at a group of people, for example at autistic people cannot be prosecuted.
This is known as 'Unequal justice', where disability and some other protected characteristics do not enjoy the same protection as race.
There is a new petition to make stirring disability hate a crime.
If you support it, it is available at this link: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334278
This means that hate speech and crimes directed at a group of people, for example at autistic people cannot be prosecuted.
This is known as 'Unequal justice', where disability and some other protected characteristics do not enjoy the same protection as race.
There is a new petition to make stirring disability hate a crime.
If you support it, it is available at this link: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334278
