'It started when I was a teenager' - woman with cerebral palsy speaks on hate crime she faced
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A woman with cerebral palsy shared her ordeal of how one of the students in her class "threatened to take her off the wheelchair".
A recent report from charity Leonard Cheshire found fewer than 2% of disability hate crimes end up being in court despite over 11,000 incidents getting reported last year across England and Wales.
The charity added victims are increasingly reluctant to report incidents for fear they won't be taken seriously.
Jade Owen from Bridgend had to leave her school as a teenager because of the disability hate crimes committed against her in person and online including verbal slurs and threats of violence.
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