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The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime

Last Thursday on BBC3 Actor Adam Pearson, who has suffered verbal and online abuse as a result of his facial disfigurement, set out to question the reasons for disability hate crime. He tries to uncover the attitudes and influences that may be causing people to behave this way in the first place, questions the portrayal of disfigurement and disability in the media, and conducts an experiment measuring people’s prejudice toward disfigurement. Watch Now . Discover more programmes in the BBC3 Disability Season Defying the Label

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A fantastic presentation thought provoking and good questions from the floor around promoting this film/message to the general public not just professionals.
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