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7:58pm October 6, 2014

venusaures-deactivated20150501 asked: I need some advice. So I babysit for a little girl with Cerebral palsy. And she has a lot of communication issues. Lately every time I try to put her to sleep she tells me "that hurts. Mama hurt me. Papa hurt mama." I think she's trying to tell me someone in her household is being abused. I don't know how to expose it because her sister (who has Down syndrome) says nothing is wrong and so does her brother. How do I stand up for her if it's her word against everyone else's?

This is way too big for me to handle right now, so I’m putting it out there for all of my followers and the people in the tags to maybe give you some advice.  Beware of advice that seems too simple or too good to be true – it probably is.  Nothing about this is simple.  And with huge communication barriers, you can’t even be sure if they’re talking about abuse or something different, some other thing that can hurt.

Anyone who has good, well-considered advice, please help here?

#actuallyautistic  #cerebral palsy  #CP  #abuse  #disability abuse  #disability and abuse  #abuse and disability  #disability  #venusaures 

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   I think Dave Hingsburger would say call the police and have them investigate. I’m pretty sure he’s wrong about that,...

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11. strugglingbuthoping said: If you bath her or help her get changed you can keep an eye out for bruises/marks. Of course try to get her to explain it as much as she can but I guess you know that :/
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    This is pretty obvious. You report it. You are morally AND LEGALLY required to report suspected child abuse. You act in...

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