{"id":469900,"date":"2020-06-01T04:56:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T11:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=469900"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:19:26","slug":"ep-78-hate-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/06\/01\/ep-78-hate-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 78: Hate Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1421\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-469900-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_78.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_78.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_78.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_78.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=469900-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_78.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Final_78.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('469900-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_469900-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_469900-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=469900-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D469900\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s episode is about hate crimes with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpdusu.org\/staff\/?id=63\">Dr. Sachin Pavithran<\/a>, the Director of Policy at the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpdusu.org\/\">Center for Persons with Disabilities<\/a> at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah State University. Sachin is also a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.access-board.gov\/\">Access Board<\/a>, an independent federal agency and President of the Board of AUCD (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aucd.org\/template\/index.cfm\">Association of University Centers on Disabilities<\/a>).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We talked in October last year about his personal experiences and please note there will be discussions on hate, hate crimes, racism, racial profiling, police brutality, xenophobia, and violence. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1P54SxzgQFySAGKe5L3EdSqAGKmkin6HkrRbC6B41ANo\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>[Google doc]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hate-Crimes-1.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aucd.org\/template\/news.cfm?news_id=14028&amp;id=17\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAUCD President, Sachin Pavithran, Discusses the Invisible Crime of Disability Hate.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (April 5, 2019). Association of University Centers on Disabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpd.usu.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Center for Persons with Disabilities, Utah State University.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powell, Storee. (March 26, 2019). <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpdusu.org\/blog\/articles\/2019\/the-invisible-crime-of-disability-hate\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Invisible Crime of Disability Hate.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Center for Persons with Disabilities, Utah State University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.access-board.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United States Access Board\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wong, Alice. (August 7, 2018). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/08\/07\/american-hate-interview-with-dominick-evans\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAmerican Hate: Interview with Dominick Evans.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Disability Visibility Project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wong, Alice. (August 7, 2018). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/08\/07\/american-hate-interview-with-arjun-singh-sethi\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAmerican Hate: Interview with Arjun Singh Sethi.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Disability Visibility Project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_469902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-469902\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"469902\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/06\/01\/ep-78-hate-crimes\/sachins-portrait-outside-utah-capital\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sachins-Portrait-outside-Utah-Capital.jpg?fit=1396%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1396,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sachin&amp;#8217;s Portrait outside Utah Capital\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Picture of Sachin Pavithran, a South Asian man in a suit holding white cane outside the Capitol in Salt Lake City.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sachins-Portrait-outside-Utah-Capital.jpg?fit=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sachins-Portrait-outside-Utah-Capital.jpg?fit=794%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-469902\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sachins-Portrait-outside-Utah-Capital.jpg?resize=433%2C558&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Picture of Sachin Pavithran, a South Asian man in a suit holding white cane outside the Capitol in Salt Lake City.\" width=\"433\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sachins-Portrait-outside-Utah-Capital.jpg?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sachins-Portrait-outside-Utah-Capital.jpg?resize=794%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 794w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sachins-Portrait-outside-Utah-Capital.jpg?resize=768%2C990&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sachins-Portrait-outside-Utah-Capital.jpg?resize=1191%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1191w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sachins-Portrait-outside-Utah-Capital.jpg?w=1396&amp;ssl=1 1396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-469902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture of Sachin Pavithran, a South Asian man in a suit holding white cane outside the Capitol in Salt Lake City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sachin Pavithran<\/strong> was born in India, but grew up in Dubai which is in the United Arab Emirates. Sachin came to the US at the age of 17 to start his undergraduate degree at Utah State University. His undergraduate degrees are in Business Information Systems, and another degree in Marketing. Sachin received his Masters in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling and has a PhD in Disability Disciplines with an emphasis on disability policy. Sachin is currently the Program Director of the Utah Assistive Technology Program (UATP) and the Director of Policy for the Center for Persons with Disabilities. Sachin enjoys being an advocate for people with disabilities. He keeps up with the research and development of various assistive technologies, and is involved nationally in working with legislators in the Federal and State Government to bring change in Policies that have a direct impact on individuals with disabilities. He has reached out to the international community on Disability Policy and Infrastructure Development based on the requirements set forth by the UN CRPD. He has trained and presented in several countries such as the United Arab Emirates, India, Egypt, Syria, Philippines, Thailand, Turkey and Mexico. Sachin has over eighteen years of direct involvement in development, testing, and training for accessibility for assistive technology, extensive experience in lecturing and training others in accessible technology. Sachin provides technical assistance on accessible information technology for individuals and groups. He helps in the evaluation of products related to web accessibility and design. Sachin has had extensive experience working with the higher education community dealing with access to instructional materials and transition from K \u2013 12 to post-secondary education and then to the workforce.\u00a0 He is strongly engaged in the dialogue about cultural diversity, inclusion of people with disabilities and LGBTQ to promote equality on a state and national level.\u00a0 He has served on various boards nationally such as, The Research and Development committee for the National Federation of the Blind, the Assistive Technology Act Programs national board, Association of University Centers on Disabilities national board, and Senator Hatch\u2019s Advisory committee for disability policy. He was appointed by President Obama to the U.S. Access Board where he chairs several rule making committees in this capacity.\u00a0 He was appointed to the US Commission on Civil Rights where he serves as a strong advocate for civil rights for all nationally.\u00a0 Sachin aspires to be in the fore-front of establishing and implementing national and international policy that impacts people with disabilities around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sdpavithran\">@SDPavithran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Audio Producer, Host<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoAmIToStopIt\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Text Transcript<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Song:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wKOU_Z6Y8yQ\">\u201cHard Out Here for A Gimp\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Album: NO BIG DEAL<\/p>\n<p>Artist:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/TheAudioWay\/sounds\/494066\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBroken,\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Kevin Brown, November 16, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by Jack_Master.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/a>\u201d by sheepfilms.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_78.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_78.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS&nbsp; 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