From the [UK] Guardian:

In response to a survey by a UK disability charity, 9 percent of respondents with disabilities reported that they have been the victim of a hate crime. The charity, Leonard Cheshire Disability, asked respondents whether they had faced a crime which they felt was motivated by their disability.

The charity said it decided to add the question after high-profile incidents in which disabled people had been targeted, most notably the case of Fiona Pilkington and her 18-year-old daughter, Francecca. Pilkington killed herself and her daughter after enduring years of abuse at the hands of local toughs. An inquest jury in September criticized local law enforcement authorities for failing to respond to her repeated pleas for help.

Some 42 percent of respondents also said they believed they had been turned down for a job because of their disability, a rise of seven percentage points from 2008, while more than half felt they had been discriminated against in a place of work. The data was based on responses from 1,253 people.

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