RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THAT PERSON. WELL, IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, MORE THAN 1700 CASES OF PHYSICAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND DISABLED ADULTS HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY THE AGING AND DISABILITY COMMISSION ...
The issue of abuse emerged from this study with unexpected force. We were unprepared and found we had a lot of homework to do. On examining the literature on abuse of both women in general and women ...
Parents with any kind of disability are much more likely to have some type of interaction with the child welfare system than other parents. This means they are more likely than other parents to be ...
Ivy League college students are reportedly exploiting sketchy “disability” statuses to partake in lavish perks. “You hear ‘students with disabilities’ and it’s not kids in wheelchairs,” one […] ...
Katie Price with her son Harvey leaves Portcullis House in London after giving evidence to the Commons Petitions Committee where she called for online abuse to be made a specific offence. (Photo by ...
Those living with intellectual and developmental disabilities are seven times more likely to be sexually abused in their lifetimes than people without disabilities, according to U.S. Department of ...
HITCHCOCK, Texas (KTRK) -- When police had to make the family notification after a 45-year-old man with an intellectual disability died in the hospital, the man's mother, who's accused of allowing her ...
HITCHCOCK, Texas (KTRK) -- A 45-year-old man with an intellectual disability may have been neglected to the point where he weighed 70 pounds and had multiple disfigurements, including flesh rot and ...
Gender-based Violence (GBV), discrimination against persons with disabilities, digital violence, and child abuse are often discussed as separate crises. Yet in everyday life, especially within ...
NEWTON, Kan. (KSNW) — Proposed federal budget cuts could hurt programs that protect the rights of people with disabilities and prevent abuse. Nancy Jensen remembers the years she spent at Kaufman ...
As a young woman with a disability, I have experienced firsthand the barriers and biases that exist in our societies. But one ...
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] The number of reported cases of abuse against people with disabilities increased by 17.8% last year to 4,957 cases compared to the previous year. This amounts to ...