Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disability hate speech laws / Mark Sherry and Louise Walker -- Disablist hate speech online / Mark Sherry -- Towards a conceptual and experiential understanding of disablist hate speech : acceptance, harm and resistance / Leah Burch -- Disability hate speech : 'they think they can call me anything' / Armineh Soorenian -- Very bad bedside manner : medical professionals and hate speech / Sheri Wells-Jensen and Claire Wells-Jensen -- Everyday ableism and hate speech : a tale of three encounters in one day / Damien Milton -- Hate speech and dwarfism : the influence of cultural representations / Erin Pritchard -- Hate speech targeting Sami people with disabilities / Line Melbøe and Hege Gjertsen -- Stereotypes fomenting hate : perceptions, stigma, and real-world consequences for Africans with disabilities / Mark P. Mostert -- Amputation of disability as hate speech pattern in Poland / Beata Borowska-Beszta -- Disability under austerity : do some forms of political rhetoric constitute disability hate speech? / Lisa Davies -- Hate speech by carers : exploring as Australian case / Mark Sherry and Solomon Amoatey -- Hammerin' Hank, (dis)ablism, racism, homophobia and hate speech / Stephen A. Rosenbaum -- Hate speech as an expression of disablism : an examination of reported hate speech experiences and consequences / Mark Sherry, Terje Olsen, Janikke Solstad Vedeler and John Eriksen.

"This book, the first to specifically focus on disability hate speech, explains what disability hate speech is, why it is important, what laws regulate it (both online and in person) and how it is different from other forms of hate. Unfortunately, disability is often ignored or overlooked in academic, legal, political and cultural analyses of the broader problem of hate speech. Its unique personal, ideological, economic, political and legal dimensions have not been recognized - until now. Disability hate speech is an everyday experience for many people, leaving terrible psycho-emotional scars. This book includes personal testimonies from victims discussing the personal impact of disability hate speech, explaining in detail how such hatred affects them. It also presents legal, historical, psychological, and cultural analyses, including the results of the first surveys and in-depth interviews ever conducted on this topic in some countries. This book makes a vital contribution to understanding disability hatred and prejudice, and will be of particular interest to those studying issues associated with hate speech, disability, psychology, law, and prejudice"-- Provided by publisher.