FBI RECORDS SHOW INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IS THE TARGET OF MORE HATE CRIMES THAN PHYSICAL DISABILITY (BUT STILL MUCH LOWER THAN OTHER TARGETS)

The hate crime statistics of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report for 2008 show that 0.9 percent of all reported hate crimes involved bias against a disability. A total of 85 individuals were victims of hate crimes due to this bias. Of these, 57 were victims of bias against intellectual disability and 28, against physical disability. See FBI report/table.

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