When hate crime policymakers exclude the disability community from the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, they ignore the evidence that disabled people in the aggregate constitute a political entity. They ignore the fact that when a disabled person is targeted for violence, she is attacked not simply as an individual but as a member of a minority group.
Nondisabled people are strongly inclined to deny the success of a disabled person.
This reaction is apparently required to safeguard the nondisabled person's belief that his own appearance and capabilities are important and infallible. Disabled people who present positive personality and behavior traits such as being successful, outgoing and warm may not only be helped less but may experience more covert anger from nondisabled people. These traits, considered desirable in nondisabled people, may not be desirable in disabled people. Complete our quick survey. The Advocado Press.