Scapegoat: New Book On Disability Hate Crime

Younger, especially single disabled people are very vulnerable to “mate-crime”.
It can mean at best, being befriended (on their money day only) by fair-weather friends – but at its worst, means being intimidated, controlled “groomed” by nasty, vicious, maybe drug/ alcohol addicted thieves, that parade themselves as mates to get their foot in the door – some of them even claim Carer’s Allowance.
Just manipulating, setting the scene, waiting for their time to strike.
It could be anything – from a simple mugging to assault or theft of their worldly goods – it can result in their murder. Are there really people out there who would notice something like this happening to a vulnerable neighbour and do or say nothing? Not even an anonymous phone calll to social services?
Is it the social worker’s fault, the council’s fault, society’s fault?
All of the above have been battling with nothing forever to get something maybe useful every now and again.
The responsibility lies with the government – thank goodness that expenses scandal broke – explained why they were pleading poverty, the mess we’re in now – there’s no money for a blind lady to have her £65 a year talking book, they’re not adequately supporting vulnerable people and you have to wait six months for a wheelchair – only after meeting the ridiculously bonkers criteria of course, and they’ve had at least three meetings about it – one of them a “working lunch”?.
What made me mad was the MP who got legal aid to fight his expenses fraud charges – can’t remember if he was jailed or fined or what, but you can guarantee he wasn’t properly punished for literally stealing from the country’s needy. When the establishment takes its responsibility to vulnerable people seriously, we can stop wasting our time hoping things will change for the better.

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