Outrage and horror at disability hate crime

    Online abuse and hate targeted at people with learning disabilities has triggered outrage and sadness across the Milton Keynes community.

    Since revealing the attacks via its social media accounts, MK SNAP, a local charity providing education and work training sessions designed for adults with learning and physical disabilities, has received overwhelming public support for its rapid response and defiant stand against those behind the online abusers.

    The online attacks were encouraging social media users to mock people with disabilities. The content of some, has been the subject of a police investigation into potential criminal behaviour.

    “It’s been truly shocking to see the impact that hate speech can have on vulnerable people and my caring team,” Angela Novell, CEO, MK SNAP revealed this week.

    However, releasing the charity’s position statement on Disability Hate Crime, MK SNAP have received overwhelming public support for its pledge to stand against hate and discrimination.

    MK SNAP has joined forces with MK Council and leading local charities and organisations across the city, such as Camphill Communities MK, to fight hate crime and to educate people about learning disabilities.

     “We acknowledge that this issue is not exclusive to one specific community, and that, as online hate speech affects our entire community, it is as a community that we will work together to face it,” Angela added.

    See MK SNAP’s full Position Statement on Disability Hate Crime on their website here.

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