Stress, anger, impatience, and frustration.  Which of these, if not all of
these, is at the root of the problem?  Does resentfulness play a part?

What is the root cause?  I know what I hope it is, as far as we're concerned.

As more disability advocates rise to the surface (as increasing numbers of us
realize that the power to make change is within our collective grasp), we
will see an increasing rise in backlash attacks -- hate crimes as they call
them.

I hope the Bureau's report of the incident rate increase of hate crimes
targeting PWDs is due to the fact that more of us are speaking truth where
truth is needed.

Betty
Tiny Tim is coming...getchur barf bags

In a message dated 11/20/2001 1:59:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

> Betty,
>
>  It's not you, believe me.  I read, in the NY Times about a year or so ago,
> that attacks on disabled persons were on the rise, and no one knew why.  It
> was speculated that there  might be an increase in intolorance, or perhaps
> rudeness, or simply that people are becoming more impatient.  I remember
the
> author telling how, on the Washington, DC Metro platform, a blind woman was
> attacked simply because she was in the way of a sighted man who wanted to
> catch a train.  Ugh.
>
>         Kathy S.


Betty
aut viam inveniam aut faciam
"I will either find a way or make one."