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11:20am July 13, 2013
angrywomenofcolorunited: nebula929: Robin I think I found one of your posters that you thought got taken down! TW: SEXUAL ASSAULT Also some disability statistics from Wikipedia:Sobsey estimates that between 15,000 and 19,000 individuals with developmental disabilities experience rape each year. There are several reasons why developmentally disabled individuals are especially prone to sexual abuse, the most significant of which is the ingrained reliance on the caregiver authority figure. Emotional and social insecurities, lack of knowledge and training in sex education, and powerless position in society have been noted as further causes of frequent exploitation.[3] About 20% of females and 10% of males are sexually abused in the US every year. The percentage is even higher among people with disabilities. According to research, more than 90% of people with developmental disabilities will experience some form of sexual abuse at some time in their lives. 49% will experience 10 or more abusive incidents.[5]Other studies suggest 68% of girls with developmental disabilities and 30% of boys with developmental disabilities will be sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday. According to research 15,000 to 19,000 people with developmental disabilities are raped each year in the United States.[6]Several small scale studies have been conducted and results are published at the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence in Canada. Some of the results include:40% of women with disabilities have been assaulted or raped54% of boys who are deaf have been sexually abused50% of girls who are deaf have been sexually abused68% of psychiatric outpatients have been physically or sexually abused81% of psychiatric inpatients have been physically or sexually abused56% of those who were admitted to a hospital-based unit for people with intellectual disabilities received anti-psychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis or related disorder41% of nurses and nurses aids in intermediate care facilities who were interviewed admitted to engaging in physical abuse of the people they care for[7]

angrywomenofcolorunited:

nebula929:

Robin I think I found one of your posters that you thought got taken down!

TW: SEXUAL ASSAULT

Also some disability statistics from Wikipedia:

Sobsey estimates that between 15,000 and 19,000 individuals with developmental disabilities experience rape each year. There are several reasons why developmentally disabled individuals are especially prone to sexual abuse, the most significant of which is the ingrained reliance on the caregiver authority figure. Emotional and social insecurities, lack of knowledge and training in sex education, and powerless position in society have been noted as further causes of frequent exploitation.[3] About 20% of females and 10% of males are sexually abused in the US every year. The percentage is even higher among people with disabilities. According to research, more than 90% of people with developmental disabilities will experience some form of sexual abuse at some time in their lives. 49% will experience 10 or more abusive incidents.[5]

Other studies suggest 68% of girls with developmental disabilities and 30% of boys with developmental disabilities will be sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday. According to research 15,000 to 19,000 people with developmental disabilities are raped each year in the United States.[6]

Several small scale studies have been conducted and results are published at the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence in Canada. Some of the results include:

40% of women with disabilities have been assaulted or raped

54% of boys who are deaf have been sexually abused

50% of girls who are deaf have been sexually abused

68% of psychiatric outpatients have been physically or sexually abused

81% of psychiatric inpatients have been physically or sexually abused

56% of those who were admitted to a hospital-based unit for people with intellectual disabilities received anti-psychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis or related disorder

41% of nurses and nurses aids in intermediate care facilities who were interviewed admitted to engaging in physical abuse of the people they care for[7]

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