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 Abuse and Women With Disabilities Articles on prevalence of abuse, guidelines for physicians, access to shelters, and intervention. http://www.bcm.edu/crowd/abuse_women/abuse_women.html
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. http://www.awol-texas.org/index.html
Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse (APANA) Aims to end routine prescribing and re-prescribing of neuroleptics for people on the autistic spectrum. http://www.dinahm.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
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. http://www.quuxuum.org/~greg/journal/focht_new.html
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 . http://users.1st.net/cibra/index.htm
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) http://www.ualberta.ca/~jpdasddc/abuse/index.html
Deaf Abused Women Warriors Web Network (DAWWWN) Deaf Women reclaiming our lives and personal power through sharing. TTY hotlines and links. http://deafdeb.tripod.com
Disability, Abuse & Personal Rights Federally funded project for Disability, Abuse & Personal Rights education. http://disability-abuse.com
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. http://www.vachss.com/help_text/disabled_abuse.html
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. http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/133/default.html
Make Your Child Safe Brief article on how to protect children with disabilities from abuse. http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/search/98_07_Jy/cm12safe.htm
Restraint Info Mailing List Forum for reform to prevent injury and death from restraints used in schools, residential facilities and hospitals. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RESTRAINT_INFO
The Risk and Prevention of Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities Characteristics of victims and abusers, risk factors, and prevention strategies. http://www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/prevenres/focus.cfm
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. http://www.geocities.com/lynni777/index.html
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. http://www.independentliving.org/docs1/iglesiasetal1998.html |
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