Learning disability and autism: Making justice fairer for people like me
By Mark Brookes, 23 April 2026
Fellow's Profile
Mark Brookes
Fellow's Profile
Mark Brookes
Hate Crime against people with a learning disability
Fellowship
- Themes
- Focus
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Supporting People with Learning Disabilities to Understand and Report Hate Crime.
- Countries
- Fellowship year
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2024
- Locality
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London
Contact
Biography
I am the Advocacy Lead at Dimensions, a not-for-profit provider of care for people with autism and learning disabilities. I am a passionate advocate for those who do not have an equal voice in the world or equal power over their lives.
My Fellowship focuses on disability hate crime. This is a personal topic for me, as someone with a learning disability; I have also sadly been a victim. My work is dedicated to fighting for people like me to have a life and to be involved in what happens to them.
My Fellowship goal is to share my experience and to learn from leaders in the USA about what they are doing to make a positive difference in hate crime reporting, support and prevention. I wish to speak to leaders who have an interest in and power to create change for those living with learning disabilities and autism. I would also like to connect with self-advocacy and learning disability groups in the USA to hear about their experiences. My aim is to encourage shared knowledge in approaches to this often invisible but always important problem that affects people with learning disabilities and autism in both our countries.
Ideas
Activity
In conversation with: Mark Brookes – shining a spotlight on disability hate crime
We spoke to Churchill Fellow Dr Mark Brookes, advocacy lead at Dimensions, who will soon travel to the USA for his Fellowship, where he will share his insights on hate crime reporting and its connection to learning disabilities. With over 20 years of advocacy experience, Mark emphasises the challenges individuals with learning disabilities face when reporting hate crimes and highlights the significant achievements his work has led to, as well as his hopes for improving hate crime reporting and outcomes for disabled individuals in the UK.
By Mark Brookes, 17 October 2024
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Ideas
Activity
In conversation with: Mark Brookes – shining a spotlight on disability hate crime
We spoke to Churchill Fellow Dr Mark Brookes, advocacy lead at Dimensions, who will soon travel to the USA for his Fellowship, where he will share his insights on hate crime reporting and its connection to learning disabilities. With over 20 years of advocacy experience, Mark emphasises the challenges individuals with learning disabilities face when reporting hate crimes and highlights the significant achievements his work has led to, as well as his hopes for improving hate crime reporting and outcomes for disabled individuals in the UK.
By Mark Brookes, 17 October 2024
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
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