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» Abuse and Women With Disabilities - Articles on prevalence of abuse, guidelines for physicians, access to shelters, and intervention.
» All Walks Of Life - Home of STOP the violence to people with disabilities - The Dangers - Prevention, response and research news on violence towards people with disabilities.
» Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse (APANA) - Aims to end routine prescribing and re-prescribing of neuroleptics for people on the autistic spectrum.
» Beyond Abuse: Treatment Approaches for People with Disabilities - Discusses the abuse of people with developmental disabilities and makes recommendations for assessment, intervention and treatment of those abused.
» Children Injured by Restraint and Aversives (CIBRA) - A national/international support network for parents whose children (including adult children) have been traumatized, injured or killed by abusive behavior modification (ABA) and restraint .
» Das Centre - Violence and Abuse - An electronic mail network on the topic of abuse & disability, and the Special Senate Committee on euthanasia and assisted suicide. (Canada)
» Deaf Abused Women Warriors Web Network (DAWWWN) - Deaf Women reclaiming our lives and personal power through sharing. TTY hotlines and links.
» Disability Issues in Domestic Violence Work: An Interview with Rick Ritter - Disability of the batterer as a cause of domestic violence.
» Disabled Abuse Resources - Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help for and information about physical, sexual and mental abuse of disabled persons.
» Impact: Issue on Violence Against Women with Developmental or Other Disabilities - Examines violence as it impacts women with developmental and other disabilities - what we know, what we don't know, and what needs to be done to prevent it and to help women recover from it.
» Make Your Child Safe - Brief article on how to protect children with disabilities from abuse.
» Restraint Info Mailing List - Forum for reform to prevent injury and death from restraints used in schools, residential facilities and hospitals.
» Sexual Abuse of Disabled Tough to Prosecute - A mentally disabled woman has lost a four-year battle for justice.
» Statement on the Hiring of Peter Singer - Princeton University has hired a Professor of Bioethics who advocates killing disabled infants. Dr. Singer states that "Killing a disabled infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Very often, it is not wrong at all." This site has
» The Risk and Prevention of Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities - Characteristics of victims and abusers, risk factors, and prevention strategies.
» Tribute to the Human Spirit - Our family's true story of how our learning disabled child was kidnapped, beaten, and injured while in the custody of Massachusetts D.S.S.
» Violence and Disabled Women, by Iglesias, M.; Gil, G.; Joneken, A.; Mickler, B.; Knudsen, J.S. - Paper from the METIS project, European Unión DAPHNE initiative.
» [CDC] Sexual Violence Against People With Disabilities - Statistics, recommendations, and references.