‘They yell at you’: woman with dwarfism reveals ‘deeply offensive’ abuse hurled in public

Artist, academic and psychologist Debra Keenahan tells disability royal commission she is harassed by strangers once a month

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A woman of short stature has told an inquiry she is abused and harassed by strangers once a month on average, with people calling her names, laughing at her, taking videos without consent and even sexually assaulting her.

The disability royal commission is sitting in Brisbane for a five-day hearing examining the experiences of people with disability who have faced violence or abuse in public places.

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