Disability: 'The abuse used to be verbal, now it's physical'
Andrea was attacked because of her disability in an incident that left her with a fractured skull and a perforated eardrum.
She spoke to BBC Breakfast after contributing to a film about the routine aggression and abuse faced by disabled people in Britain.
Targeted: The Truth about Disability Hate Crime - BBC Two, 20 January 21:00 or watch later on BBC iPlayer.