On Race and Hate Crimes Against Disabled Victims
Melissa Stoddard, light brown skinned natural brown haired biracial autistic holds a mirror and smiles wearing a pink two-toned sweater and a rainbow clown wig at McIver Education Center, Greensboro, NC photo credit Herald Tribune Melissa Stoddard, pictured on the left, is one of the murder victims who I keep writing about because I will always feel that she was ignored in the worst way by the Autism community after her murder. She is, to quote the Herald Tribune, “The Girl Who No One Saved.” A young and vibrant 11-year-old autistic girl, she was slowly starved, tortured, strapped to a board and left in an empty pool in her family’s backyard at all hours until she died. I will always be furious about the fact that Melissa was happy with her mother and her school in Greensboro, North Carolina, and that it was the very stepmother who abused and murdered her who called Child Protective Services on her intellectually disabled brother, accusing him of molesting Melissa. I believe the acts ...