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 & Personal Rights education.
Restraint Info Mailing List
Forum for reform to prevent injury and death from restraints used in schools, residential facilities and hospitals.
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.
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 .
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 and Women With Disabilities
Articles on prevalence of abuse, guidelines for physicians, access to shelters, and intervention.
Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse (APANA)
Aims to end routine prescribing and re-prescribing of neuroleptics for people on the autistic spectrum.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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