York Disability Rights Forum wants action to stop hate crime and hate incidents, to increase reporting and to help disabled people access support.
To help raise awareness of disability hate crime, share stories about hate crime experiences and enable enable people to act if they witness hate crime against a disabled person, YDRF has started a new podcast series.
Three podcasts have already been published and the next one is due out this month. Read on for more information about how to access each podcast, its transcript and a blog about it:
Episode 1 Flick:
In the first episode, recorded in May 2022, Olivia sits down with Flick, a disability rights activist, to discuss her views and experiences of disability hate. They talk about the importance of social model language, Flick’s experience and activism in York as a disabled person, and the detrimental impact of the council’s Blue Badge ban in the city centre on attitudes towards disabled people.
- Podcast link: https://ydrf.org.uk/podcasts/
- Podcast Transcript: https://ydrf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Disability-Hate-Podcast-01-Transcript.docx
- Blog: https://ydrf.org.uk/2022/10/11/about-disability-hate-podcast-episode-1/
Episode 2 Jennie:
In the second episode, Olivia sits down with Jennie, senior local area coordinator, to talk about disability hate. They discuss the limitations of the hate crime definition, the ways the pandemic has made things harder for disabled people, Jennie’s own experience as a woman living with mental ill-health, and much more.
- Podcast link: https://ydrf.org.uk/podcasts/
- Podcast Transcript: https://ydrf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Disability-Hate-Podcast-02-Transcript-Jennie.docx
- Blog: https://ydrf.org.uk/2022/11/09/the-silent-side-of-disability-hate/
Episode 3 Miles:
In the third episode of YDRF About Disability Hate podcast, Olivia sits down with Miles to talk about disability hate. They discuss the dangers of labelling, especially of people with hidden disabilities, the potential positive impacts of the pandemic, pressures some disabled people feel to justify their disability, and much more.
- Podcast link: https://ydrf.org.uk/podcasts/
- Podcast Transcript: https://ydrf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Disability-Hate-Podcast-03-Transcript-Miles.docx
- Blog: https://ydrf.org.uk/2023/01/20/labelling-and-harm/
Interested and want to know more, or get involved?
York Disability Rights Forum is always interested in interviewing more people for the podcast series. If you are interested or simply want to know more about their work, please get in touch with them! And watch out for details for when new podcasts are launched by following them on twitter: @YorkDRF or Facebook: York Disability Rights Forum
Please also share their project on your social media or let people know what they are doing to tackle disability hate.