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Disabled people are scared to leave home as hate crimes rise
Many disabled people are too scared to leave their homes amid a rise in hate crime, research revealed yesterday.
A third of disabled adults reported experiencing hostile behaviour due to their disability in a Leonard Cheshire Disability charity survey.
A similar number said fear of abuse had prevented them going out in their local area.
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