Jackie Driver, Head of Good Relations, Equality and Human Rights Commission

Disability related harassment – What are we learning?

Introduction• Who we are?

• What are we doing?

• Who should be helping?

• What we want to happen?

• Ways forward…

Who are we?

• We are the Equality and Human Rights Commission

• We work to make sure everyone gets treated in a good and fair way.

The work we are doingWe want harassment of disabled people to stop.

We are finding out what is being done to stop harassment happening to disabled people.

What is harassment?

Harassment can be things like• calling you names• saying nasty things to you• making fun of you• sending you nasty emails or

text messages• doing something sexual to you

that you do not want • hitting or pushing you

• This could happen while you are out and about or at home

• Bullying and hate crime are also types of harassment

Who should be helping?

People in charge, like

• The police• Housing officers• Social workers• Bus drivers and train drivers• Teachers

What are we doing about it?

• We have asked disabled people what has happened when they tell people in charge about being harassed

• Now we are finding out if the people in charge are really helping disabled people

What we want to happen?

• Harassment to stop• People in charge to make it easier for

disabled people to tell them about harassment

• The courts to take disabled people seriously

• Better support for disabled people• More positive attitudes to disabled

people• Greater freedom for disabled people

Contact details

jackie.driver@equalityhumanrights.com

disabilityharassmentfi@equalityhumanrights.com