Safe Space

Today at Support for Special Needs:

Excerpt: 

Hate speech and its environment protect a societal belief that only those who may contribute to society in a very narrow manner are worthy of citizenship and humanity, rather than just pity. We treat people according to the worth we grant them, and the hate speech that is so prevalent in our society affords them very little value. Simple words, thrown around casually and carelessly, like grenades, like poison seeds that will blossom where they fall. 

Hate speech directed at those with disabilities creates safe spaces, from which very dangerous gardens grow.