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Home / Society / Issues / Disabilities / Abuse
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- Abuse of the Disabled - People with disabilities deal with sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse but this is hidden from the general public.
www25.brinkster.com/roadtohealing/abusedis.htm
- Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse (APANA) - Aims to end routine prescribing and re-prescribing of neuroleptics for people on the autistic spectrum.
www.apana.supanet.com
- 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 .
users.1st.net/cibra/index.htm
- D.O.R.O.W. (Deaf, oppressed race of the world) - Wanda Garner gives details of her dispute with relatives and Georgia officials.
hometown.aol.com/wandadaxx
- Deaf Abused Women Warriors Web Network (DAWWWN) - Deaf Women reclaiming our lives and personal power through sharing. TTY hotlines and links.
deafdeb.tripod.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.
www.vachss.com/help_text/disabled_abuse.html
- How to Reduce Abuse and Neglect of Children With Disabilities - Abuse and neglect is a serious problem for children with disabilities.
www.lsi.ukans.edu/beach/research/abuse.html
- Make Your Child Safe - The idea that nobody would stoop so low as to abuse a disabled child is a dangerous myth.
www.disabilitynow.org.uk/search/98_07_Jy/cm12safe.htm
- Misplaced Mercy - A study of the prosecution and sentencing for parents who kill their disabled children.
www.quasar.ualberta.ca/ddc/ICAD/misplacedmercy/mmercycontents.html
- Restraint Info Mailing List - Forum for reform to prevent injury and death from restraints used in schools, residential facilities and hospitals.
groups.yahoo.com/group/RESTRAINT_INFO
- Sexual Abuse of Disabled Tough to Prosecute - A mentally disabled woman has lost a four-year battle for justice.
home.golden.net/~soul/disabuse.html
- 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.
www.geocities.com/lynni777/index.html
- YourChildMyChild Home Page - Documents abuse of disabled children in Texas schools.
www.yourchildmychild.com
- 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.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2900/psai.html
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