Inquiry into disability-related harassment
Our Inquiry looks at the progress agencies are making in relation to preventing and dealing with disability related harassment .
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About the Inquiry
What is the inquiry and what do we hope to achieve?
BSL videos
British Sign Language videos of both Hidden in plain sight and Out in the open: a manifesto for change.
Frequently asked questions
Find out more about the Manifesto for change and the Inquiry recommendations.
Good practice examples
Read about organisations who are making a real difference to disabled people's lives in the way they deal with harassment.
Ten cases
As part of the Disability Harassment Inquiry we examined ten very serious cases in which disabled people have died or been seriously injured.
Formal responses to Hidden in plain sight draft recommendations
We have received a plethora of Formal Responses from agencies who have agreed with the majority of our recommendations. Actual responses can be found on the link above.
Support organisations
A number of organisations can provide support when people face harassment.
The Law Commission's hate crime review
One of the inquiry report's final recommendations was for the Government to review hate crime legislation to find out whether there was more that could be done to legally protect disabled people experiencing disability related harassment. We are pleased to see that the Law Commission has been asked to undertake this review during 2013. Find out more here.