Thousands Of Blind People Attacked Every Day, UK
A survey published by national charity Action for Blind People has revealed that 1.2 million blind and partially sighted people in the UK have experienced physical and/or verbal abuse: - In one day nearly 20,000 (4%) blind and partially sighted people were physically abused, compared to less than 1% of sighted people. - In one week almost 180,000 (16%) blind and partially sighted people were verbally abused, compared to only 7% of sighted people.
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Filed under: Eye Health on January 29th, 2008