See also:

• Society: Issues: Violence and Abuse: Disabilities  (4)
• Society: Issues: Violence and Abuse: Prevention  (20)

» 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 information and a petition.




» 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 and 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, Abuse & Personal Rights - Federally funded project for Disability, Abuse and Personal Rights education.




» 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.




» Restraint Info Mailing List - Forum for reform to prevent injury and death from restraints used in schools, residential facilities and hospitals.




» 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.