The Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect among Children with Disabilities
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/ssw/cascw/attributes/PDF/Students/IVE%20SeminarNoelke4-29-09.pdf
This website presented a lot of interesting facts:
Incidence Rates:
nChildren with disabilities were 1.7 times more likely to experience maltreatment compared to children without disabilities
n9% rate of maltreatment for children without disabilities vs. 31% rate for children with disabilities
nChildren with disabilities were 3.4% more likely to be abused
nRates of abuse among a sample of children with mental retardation and cerebral palsy was not higher than what is found in the general population of children.
nBoys with disabilities showed a greater likelihood of being neglected and physically abused compared to the non-disabled sample of abused children
nTwice as many boys with boys disabilities were victims of sexual abuse than what was expected on the basis of the non-disabled
Prevalence of Maltreatment by Disability Status

Wow, the incident rates are shocking! It is so sad that the population of children with disabilities receive such maltreatment.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the incident rates are so high due to the lack of knowledge the people caring for the children with special needs have.
I know that I feel frustrated and mad when I don’t have the experience or knowledge needed to perform a task…I am more irritable when I don’t understand what I am doing. Maybe caregivers are becoming more vulnerable to abuse because they simply don’t know what they are doing. I just wonder if more support was provided to educate and train families and caregivers if these incident rates would be lower.
I agree... In a lot of these instances I am wondering who is being held accountable???
ReplyDeleteI feel there are many factors that are attributing to these factors. It's sad but it's very true.