What is the campaign doing to change things?

Officers from across the country got involved to understand more about learning disability and autism hate crime, as well as the critical role they play in supporting victims and prosecuting perpetrators.

Our seven month training programme with Surrey Police saw us delivering training to 1000 APT Officers, and led to a month on month increase in the number of recorded disability hate crimes in Surrey. Download the report

We have also held a number of events in partnership with the British Transport Police, including training sessions and awareness raising at London terminals.

The Law Commission will review all aspects of hate crime law and publish a consultation paper in early 2020.

We are gathering evidence from people about their experiences and identifying areas where the law needs to change.

We will work closely with the Law Commission as a stakeholder in focus groups, to lay the groundwork in parliament for when the Law Commission publishes their recommendations to government. Download our research report

We showed why a change in hate crime law is so important. Since then we have played an active role in the policy development on online harms. Watch the evidence session

We will continue to engage with them on the issue of online abuse and promote better protection for people with learning disabilities and/or autism.

We want to make sure people with learning disabilities and autism are prioritised in the government’s work.

Currently, there is no way to officially see how many reported cases of disability hate crime were committed against people with learning disabilities and/or autism.

But, we have been working with the Office for National Statistics to get better representation and we found that people with learning disabilities and/or autism are four times more likely to be victims.

This is includes an innovative London based project to tackle hate speech that has fed into a new national initiative. Through this, #ImWithSam has developed strong links with MOPAC’s hate crime team.

The materials are aimed at reducing stigma and raising understanding about disability and difference. The free resources are promoted to a network of 16,000 teachers and schools through the Anti-Bullying Alliance.

The International Hate Crime Conference is led by the International Network for Hate Studies and brings together leading academics and policymakers from across the world.