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‘The language is disgusting and they refer to my disability’: the cyberharassment of disabled people
Alhaboby, Zhraa Barnes, James Short, Emma
Alhaboby, Zhraa
Barnes, James
Short, Emma
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2016-10-05
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Disabled people face hostility and harassment in their sociocultural environment. The use of electronic-communications creates an online context that further reshape this discrimination. We explored the experiences of 19 disabled victims of cyberharassment. Five themes emerged from the study: disability and health consequences, family involvement, misrepresentation of self, perceived complexity, and lack of awareness and expertise. Cyberharassment incidents against disabled people were influenced by the pre-existing impairment, perceived hate-targeting, and perpetrators faking disability to get closer to victims online. Our findings highlight a growing issue requiring action and proper support.
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Alhaboby, Z.A., al-Khateeb, H.M., Barnes, J. and Short, E. (2016). ‘The language is disgusting and they refer to my disability’: the cyberharassment of disabled people. Disability & Society, 31 (8), pp. 1138-1143. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2016.1235313
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0968-7599