Abuse (Disabilities)

Abuse Sites:

Tribute to the Human Spirit 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. (Abuse) http://www.geocities.com/lynni777/index.html Restraint Info Mailing List Restraint Info Mailing List: Forum for reform to prevent injury and death from restraints used in schools, residential facilities and hospitals. (Abuse) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RESTRAINT_INFO All Walks Of Life - Home of STOP the violence to people with disabilities - The Dangers 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. (Abuse) http://www.awol-texas.org/index.html Sexual Abuse of Disabled Tough to Prosecute Sexual Abuse of Disabled Tough to Prosecute: A mentally disabled woman has lost a four-year battle for justice. (Abuse) http://home.golden.net/~soul/disabuse.html Impact: Issue on Violence Against Women with Developmental or Other Disabilities 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. (Abuse) http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/133/default.html Children Injured by Restraint and Aversives (CIBRA) 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 . (Abuse) http://users.1st.net/cibra/index.htm Violence and Disabled Women, by Iglesias, M.; Gil, G.; Joneken, A.; Mickler, B.; Knudsen, J.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. (Abuse) http://www.independentliving.org/docs1/iglesiasetal1998.html Deaf Abused Women Warriors Web Network (DAWWWN) Deaf Abused Women Warriors Web Network (DAWWWN): Deaf Women reclaiming our lives and personal power through sharing. TTY hotlines and links. (Abuse) http://deafdeb.tripod.com Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse (APANA) Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse (APANA): Aims to end routine prescribing and re-prescribing of neuroleptics for people on the autistic spectrum. (Abuse) http://www.dinahm.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Beyond Abuse: Treatment Approaches for People with Disabilities 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. (Abuse) http://www.quuxuum.org/~greg/journal/focht_new.html Abuse and Women With Disabilities Abuse and Women With Disabilities: Articles on prevalence of abuse, guidelines for physicians, access to shelters, and intervention. (Abuse) http://www.bcm.edu/crowd/abuse_women/abuse_women.html Disabled Abuse Resources 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. (Abuse) http://www.vachss.com/help_text/disabled_abuse.html Statement on the Hiring of Peter Singer 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 (Abuse) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2900/psai.html The Risk and Prevention of Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities The Risk and Prevention of Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities: Characteristics of victims and abusers, risk factors, and prevention strategies. (Abuse) http://www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/prevenres/focus.cfm Das Centre - Violence and Abuse 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) (Abuse) http://www.ualberta.ca/~jpdasddc/abuse/index.html Make Your Child Safe Make Your Child Safe: Brief article on how to protect children with disabilities from abuse. (Abuse) http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/search/98_07_Jy/cm12safe.htm