Petition · Cabinet Office

Create a National Disability Hate Strategy for the UK

Open for signatures 204 signatures

What the petition asks

Develop and fund a National Disability Hate Strategy, co-produced with Disabled People’s Organisations, to tackle disability hate crime, online abuse, discrimination, public stigma and improve awareness of visible and hidden disabilities.
Disability hate is rising online and in public.

Disabled people are abused, questioned and targeted simply for existing.

Government must develop a National Disability Hate Strategy with Disabled People’s Organisations to prevent hate and better protect victims.

Timeline

17 Aug 2026 Petition opened for signatures

Key facts

Signatures 204
Status Open for signatures
Department Cabinet Office
Opened 17 Aug 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 18 Aug 2026.