IT'S HAPPENING
Adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) are being verbally, fiscally, physically, and sexually abused. The abuse is prevalent and pervasive, it happens in many ways, and it happens repeatedly to victims with all types of disabilities.(1)
IT'S HAPPENING
Adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) are being verbally, fiscally, physically, and sexually abused. The abuse is prevalent and pervasive, it happens in many ways, and it happens repeatedly to victims with all types of disabilities.(1)
...AND WE CAN STOP IT.
But first we must know & see the signs, and then report it.
Sudden changes in the physical, behavioral or financial status of someone with an intellectual and/or developmental disability (I/DD) may be indicators of abuse, neglect or exploitation.
REPORTING IS ANONYMOUS, EASY, AND FINAL
You don’t have to investigate. If you suspect something, report it and the professionals will take it from there. You don’t need to get involved any more than just reporting that something may be happening. You’ll stay as anonymous as you want to be.
REPORTING IS ANONYMOUS, EASY, AND FINAL
You don’t have to investigate. If you suspect something, report it and the professionals will take it from there. You don’t need to get involved any more than just reporting that something may be happening. You’ll stay as anonymous as you want to be.
Violence against persons with disabilities is a frequently unrecognized and under reported problem that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States.
Most people in our society refuse to believe that anyone would even consider abusing, neglecting or exploiting a person with an intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD). But adults with I/DD are being verbally, fiscally, physically, and sexually abused. And it must stop.
1 "Abuse of People with Disabilities: Victims and Their Families Speak Out"; A Report on the 2012 National Survey on Abuse of People with Disabilities; Spectrum Institute, The Disability and Abuse Project.”