In recent months there has been a large increase in stories of crime against the disabled. My Story: Deafblind Street Attack by Liz Ball makes it quite clear the depths to which some will sink to maliciously cause others suffering . There have also been many similar stories recently on the messageboards. What these stories always had in common was that they were perpetrated by one or more able-bodied persons.
The following two stories are different. Last week the headline Blind Man Allegedly Poisoned By Blind Ex-lover caught my eye. The young man's ex-girlfriend poisoned him and was believed to have tried to slash his throat. This week the story 2 Deaf and Mute People Arrested Over Sign-Language Intimidation brought attention to two people who used a deaf mute gathering to assault, intimidate and rob another attendee.
I wonder what the next trend will be? Crustaceans against people? Oh wait, that was last week.
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I'm a big fan of those A&E crime shows. Not the recent new idiot shows like Dog the Bounty Hunter and Growing Up Gotti.. but Cold Case Files, American Justice, etc. I remember seeing this one show once where the murderer ended up being a person in a wheelchair. My first reaction was "cool!". Not that murdering anyone is cool, obviously, but I have to say I did enjoy seeing a disabled person portrayed as something other than "courageous", "special". Anyone can be a bad-ass, even people with disabilities. We're not all fuzzy and cute and wanting to be patted on the head. I thought it was just about time that there was some focus on the person behind the disability, and not have such subjects taboo simply because we feel we can't say something bad about someone who is disabled. And it certainly was nice to shatter that myth that all disabled people are honest, trustworthy souls. .
Posted by: Ranter | January 19, 2006 at 01:40 PM
I guess anyone can commit crimes. Having someone carjack you using sign language would be upsetting. They would have to teach you sign language first..
Posted by: Happy and Blue | January 17, 2006 at 09:01 AM
Damn shrimp.
Posted by: rainypete | January 17, 2006 at 07:21 AM