Murder of Disabled People by Caregivers

Every week, at least one person with disabilities is murdered by their caregivers. Working with a small team, including - The Ruderman Foundation, researcher Kathleen Seidel, Vilissa Thompson, Timotheus Gordon Jr., and Zoe Gross with Autistic Self Advocacy Network - I led a study of 5 years of media coverage of the murder of disabled people.

We found:

• Outside of longform careful reporting, reporters simply don't talk to disabled people about the murder of disabled people.
• Phrases like "mercy killing" remain far too prevalent.
• Sympathetic coverage of the killers, likewise, keeps happening.

READ THE WHOLE WHITE PAPER HERE

• I did a podcast for the Ruderman Foundation
• I did an interview at WBEZ

Still more to come on this work over the next few weeks.