In the light of yet another disabled person's death being attributed to continual bullying and harassment the anti-social behaviour figures recently released by police make disturbing reading. It does seem that vulnerable learning disabled people are being targetted by certain groups in our communities and often feel ignored or unsupported by statutory bodies or local people. The EHRC which has figured in the headlines for the wrong reasons this week is carrying out an enquiry into hate crime and their report can't come enough soon. Police figures reveal new concerns More than one in five victims of repeated anti-social behaviour are disabled people, new official figures have revealed. The statistics are contained in a report published by the chief inspector of constabulary, Denis O’Connor. He also said that more than half of police forces across England and Wales did not have IT systems capable of automatically identifying people who were victims of repeated anti-social behav...

A real mixed bag this week. Which I hope is of interest. As I was writing this I've just listened to Ray Gosling a BBC broadcaster and journalist talking about how he suffocated "his bit on the side" who was terminally ill with AIDS. Given my comments last week on the assisted suicide debate this is frightening! Let's be clear though from the litte we know at this stage it seems that murder is a better description and I understand that Nottinghamshire Police have started an investigation. Watch this space as they say. Link to story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/8516499.stm Government adds confusion to Eagle’s reserved posts comments The Government Equalities Office has added to the confusion caused by a government minister who told MPs that it was illegal to reserve jobs solely for disabled people. Maria Eagle, an equalities minister and former minister for disabled people, told the communities and local government committee two weeks ago that it ...