 | A Child called It: One child's courage to survive
Dave Peltzer's own journey as a young child who was severely abused by his mother. It is a remarkable story of survival that describes the failures of the system to recognize and treat his "challenging behavior" as a symptom of something more serious.
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| A man named Dave: A story of triumph and forgiveness
This sequel to "A child called it" and "The lost boy" tells about the late adolescence and young adulthood of a man terribly abused by his mother. The story describes the continuing effect of a lifetime "in the system." |
| An Expendable Man: The near-execution of Earl Washington Jr.
Earl Washington Jr. is a man with an intellectual disability who was 9 days from being executed for a murder he did not commit. This book tells his story.
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| At State-Run Homes, Abuse and Impunity (New York Times Article)
An article in the New York Times about the abuse of people in group homes run by the state of New York. The reporters found that the abusers were rarely fired. |
| BIALI - II
A guide for community persons about understanding special communication styles of individuals with disabilities |
| Bibliography on the criminal justice system
A list of references regarding the involvement of persons with disabilities in the criminal justice system. |
| Child Abuse and Neglect Definitions, Classifications, and a Framework for Research
A book about how to know if a child is being hurt. |
| Combating Violence and Abuse of People with Disabilities: A Call to Action
A book about helping people with disabilities fight violence and abuse—and take charge of their bodies and lives.
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| Confronting the Sexual Abuse of Women with Disabilities
This fact sheet is about abuse toward women with disabilities. |
| Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Disabilities
This academic book is about many topics affecting people with intellectual disabilities. |
| Coping with Sexual Assault: A Guide to Healing, Resolution and Recovery for rape survivors, family members and victim advocates
This 44- page booklet explains the many issues faced by victims of sexual violence. |
| Counselling People with Developmental Disabilities Who Have Been Sexually Abused
A book and video designed to assist professionals who provide treatment. |
| Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007
A report about people with disabilities as victims of crime. It was written by the United States Department of Justice. You can read it online. |
| Criminal Offenders with Mental Retardation: Risk Assessment and the Continuum of Community-Based Treatment Programs
A systematic, objective method of assessment to facilitate the development of clinically appropriate individualized community treatment programs. |
| Curriculum on Abuse Prevention and Empowerment (CAPE)
A curriculum on CD ROM that teaches people with disabilities how to protect themselves from abuse. It is for people with disabilities who live independently, service providers, parents and allies of people with disabilities. |
| Department of Health Review: Winterbourne View Hospital
A report that reviews the quality of care individuals with intellectual disabilities receive in England. |
| Disability Behind Bars: Should the ADA Protect Prisoners?
An article about people in prison and the ADA |
| Disabled Women and Domestic Violence Responding to the Experiences of Survivors
This book tells the stories of women with disabilities who have been the victims of abuse. |
| Ethical Dilemmas: Sexuality and Developmental Disability
This book addresses the critical issues of sexuality in people with developmental disabilities |
| False Confessions from 53 Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: The List Keeps Growing
This article looks at the problem of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities confessing to serious felonies that they did not commit |
| First Response to Victims of Crime Who Have a Disability
A handbook for law enforcement officers on how to approach and help crime victims who have disabilties.
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| Ghost Girl
This is the story of a young girl who begins school unwilling to speak. The girl had been sexually and emotionally abused. Told by her teacher the book tells how this girl was able to get the help she needed. |
| Human Rights, YES!
Human Rights, YES! is a human rights education tool, developed following the establishment of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This book aids self-advocates and advocates promote human rights for people with disabilities. |
| I Can Get Through It (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like to be the victim of abuse. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Impact: Feature issue on violence against women with developmental disabilities
A collection of articles related to projects, research, and resources that address the issue of violence. |
| Jenny Speaks Out (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to help people talk about sexual abuse. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Just Say Know!
This book explores the victimization of people with disabilities and help reduce the risk of sexual abuse. |
| Learning Difficulties and Sexual Vulnerability A Social Approach
This book gives ideas on how to help people with intellectual disabilities guard against abuse. |
| Litigation Concerning Medicaid Services for People with Developmental Disabilities
This Policy Research Brief describes lawsuits that have been filed on behalf of individuals seeking to access Medicaid services in the community.
Updated 5/29/2006 |
| Loneliness + Cruelty
This study looked at how people with disabilities are often victims of crime, and how that affects them. It also offers a community solution. |
| Lost in a Desert World: The Autobiography of Roland Johnson
This is the story of Roland Johnson. He was put in an institution as a child where he was abused. As an adult, Roland became the president of "Speaking for Ourselves," a large and well known self-advocacy organization in Pennsylvania. |
| Mugged (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain how it feels to be robbed, and what helps. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| My Body, My choice
An empowering sexual abuse prevention mini-book for teens and adults with developmental disabilities. |
| Olmstead: Reclaiming Institutionalized Lives
A state of the states report on the implementation of the Olmstead decision |
| People with Disabilities and Sexual Assault
This is a fact sheet about sexual assault and people with disabilities. |
| People with Intellectual Disabilities and Sexual Violence
A fact sheet about sexual abuse and assault toward people with disabilities. |
| People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System: Victims & Suspects
A fact sheet from the national Arc. It answers questions about people with intellectual disabilities in the criminal justice system in the United States. |
| Quality in Practice: Human Rights Committee
A resource guide that provides suggestions for agencies' Human Rights Committees |
| Quality in Practice: Rights and Responsibilities
This guide gives suggestions on how organizations can support people with disabilities to exercise the same rights and responsibilities as all citizens. |
| Quality in Practice: Safety
A resource guide that provides suggestions on how organizations can promote safety while still protecting people’s right to experience a full and satisfying life. |
| Raymond's Room
This book makes the case that people with disabilities are still locked away from the rest of society in programs run by a billion-dollar disability system unwilling to change - in sheltered workshops, group homes, and other facilities. |
| Report to the General Assembly of the State of Vermont on Offenders with Developmental Disabilities: Legislative and Programmatic Recommendations
This is a report to the Legislature on current programs and laws for offenders with developmental disabilities in Vermont. |
| Rights and Reality II
An action guide to rights of people with disabiities in Wisconsin. |
| SAFE BEGINNINGS: Protecting Our Children from Sexual Abuse
Safe Beginnings is a book for parents, child care providers and anyone who cares about preschool children and the prevention of sexual abuse. |
| Sticks and Stones: Disabled People’s Stories of Abuse, Defiance and Resilience
A book that is a collection of over fifty stories about people with disabilities facing abuse and violence. |
| Stop The Violence, Break The Silence Training guide
A training program about domestic and caregiver abuse and its impact on people with disabilities.
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| Supporting Victims (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like to be a witness in a court trial. It also tells about what helps, is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Taking Pride In That Which Sets Us Apart
This book encourages people to be proud of their disability. It also reminds all people with disabilties of the need to work together and stick up for each other. |
| The Human Rights Agenda for Persons with Intellectual Disabiltities
This book is about the rights of people with disabilities. |
| The Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Different but Equal
Book discussing the human rights of people with disabilities. |
| The Inclusion of Disability as Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights in State Codes (Policy Research Brief)
This article is about why people with disabilities sometimes lose their right to be a parent. |
| The Lost boy: A foster child's search for the love of a family
True story of a teenager in the foster care system because he had been severely abused by his mother. |
| The Police Response to People with Speech and Hearing Disabilities: Trainer's Guide
A curriculum for police officers |
| The Ragged Edge: The Disability Experience from the Pages of the First Fifteen Years of the Disability Rag
This is a collection of articles from the first 15 years of The Disability Rag, a radical newspaper for persons with disabilities. |
| The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public
This is a book about old laws that said an "unsightly or disgusting person" shouldn't be seen on the street. Examples included people with disabilities. |
| Victimization of People with Developmental Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System
This TASH newsletter issue of August 2000 has several articles about victims and offenders with intellectual disabilities (formerly mental retardation).
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| WE CAN Stop Abuse: A Sexual Abuse Prevention Curriculum for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
An 8-session, interactive curriculum to teach sexual abuse prevention skills to people who have developmental disabilities. It includes a DVD. |
| Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability by Paul Longmore
Why I Burned My Book, winner of the AAPD Betts Award, is a collection of essays on how people with disabilities can gain a voice and shape their destinies. |
| You're on Trial (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like be charged with a crime and go to court. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| You're under Arrest (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like be arrested by the police. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| A Child called It: One child's courage to survive
Dave Peltzer's own journey as a young child who was severely abused by his mother. It is a remarkable story of survival that describes the failures of the system to recognize and treat his "challenging behavior" as a symptom of something more serious.
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| A Little History Worth Knowing: Disability Down Through the Ages
Video on the history of disabilities that includes past abuses but ends hopefully, looking at how changing attitudes and advancing technology are helping people with disabilities enter the global economy. |
| A Passion for Justice
A video about the work of Robert Perske, advocate with people who have developmental disabilities and have been convicted of serious crimes they did not commit. |
| Abuse and Neglect of Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities
This comprehensive CD-ROM consists of 13 self-paced instructional modules which address the complex issues related to abuse and neglect of children and adults with developmental disabilities. |
| At State-Run Homes, Abuse and Impunity (New York Times Article)
An article in the New York Times about the abuse of people in group homes run by the state of New York. The reporters found that the abusers were rarely fired. |
| Autism and Law Enforcement: Roll Call Briefing
This video demonstrates the best ways to assist a person with autism who is calling for help in an emergency. It is based on the guidance and direction of experienced law enforcement and first response advisors. |
| Bibliography on the topic of domestic violence
List of references related to domestic violence and sexual assault of people with disabilities. |
| Bob Tells All (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain sexual abuse and how it hurts men. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Borderline
Film about a woman with disabilities who was wrongly accused of murdering a child. |
| CAVNET
Communities Against Violence Network is an international network of experts and advocates working in the areas of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault. |
| Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD)
Offers an array of materials related to violence and women with disabilities, including information on its prevalence, guidelines for clinicians, access to battered women's programs, interventions and research methods. |
| Children of the Stars
This is a film about children with autism who live in China. |
| Counselling People with Developmental Disabilities Who Have Been Sexually Abused
A book and video designed to assist professionals who provide treatment. |
| Curriculum on Abuse Prevention and Empowerment (CAPE)
A curriculum on CD ROM that teaches people with disabilities how to protect themselves from abuse. It is for people with disabilities who live independently, service providers, parents and allies of people with disabilities. |
| Department of Health Review: Winterbourne View Hospital
A report that reviews the quality of care individuals with intellectual disabilities receive in England. |
| Dr. Nora’s Blog
This blog covers disability and abuse issues. It is written by a clinical psychologist and Director of the Disability and Abuse Project of Spectrum Institute. |
| End the silence
This is a video about self-advocates speaking out about their personal experiences as victims of crime. |
| Gentle Teaching International
This website explains Gentle Teaching. This is helpful for those who have been victims of abuse and/or neglect. |
| Handicapism: A Report from the Center on Human Policy
Viewing the powerful Handicapism presentation will reveal that today – 30 years later – there is much left to accomplish for people with disabilities to live their lives fully included in society. |
| Intellectual Disability, Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Intersectorality Website
A partnership in Canada between researchers and service providers to people with disabilities. These groups work together to learn new ideas about providing better services. They then offer training and write papers about the things they have learned. |
| J.P. Das Developmental Disabilities Centre's Website on Violence, Abuse, and Disability
A website with information explaining policies and resources in Canada to prevent violence and abuse against persons with disabilities. |
| Justice for All Blog
This blog has articles about controversial issues in the disability world. |
| Laws.com
Laws.com is a website that offers information on state and federal laws about social justice issues like domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. |
| Lest We Forget: Silent Voices
A collection of stories as told by people with disabilities who lived in state institutions. There are also stories from the families they left behind. |
| Loneliness + Cruelty
This study looked at how people with disabilities are often victims of crime, and how that affects them. It also offers a community solution. |
| Meet Us Where We Are
A film about people with developmental disabilities who have been victims of a crime. |
| Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Crime Victims
40-minute instructional video presents a blend of clinical, theoretical, and practical mental health expertise. |
| Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
A web-based clearinghouse of information about violence |
| Miranda and the Deaf Suspect
A short training video to teach officers the problems with giving Miranda warning to deaf suspect without making accomodations. |
| National Crime Justice Reference Service
A website with a great deal of information about research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice. |
| National Review of Restraint Related Deaths of Children and Adults with Disabilities: The Lethal Consequences of Restraint
This report sums up what was learned from studying the cases of 61 people with disabilities who died while being restrained. |
| Not Dead Yet
Disability activists opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. |
| PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center
A website and resource to help stop bullying. It has a lot of information about how to stop bullying at school. |
| Prevention of Abuse and Neglect Online Course
This online course is designed for DSPs and other professionals who provide support to adults with DD. The goal of the course is to help individuals and organization crafts an environment that prevents abuse, neglect, and exploitation. |
| Recollections of the Institution-Part 1: Personal Reflections
In archival footage and interviews, people with intellectual disabilities, who once lived institutional lives, express their daily routines, adversity and insights about living inside the walls. |
| Reflections on Sterilization
This is a blog post that encourages parents to think carefully before sterilizing their son or daughter with disabilities. |
| Report to the General Assembly of the State of Vermont on Offenders with Developmental Disabilities: Legislative and Programmatic Recommendations
This is a report to the Legislature on current programs and laws for offenders with developmental disabilities in Vermont. |
| Respect: Eliminating Harassment In The Workplace
Respect: Eliminating Harassment In The Workplace is a two hour training designed for direct care support professionals to recognize harassment. |
| Responding to Crime Victims with Disabilities: Resource Directory for Service Providers
This online directory provides responders with resources as they assist crime victims with disabilities. |
| Robert Perske: Street-Court-Prison Worker and Advocate
This website is about the work of Robert and Martha Perske. Robert has spent many years advocating for people with disabilities caught in the criminal justice system. |
| Serving Crime Victims with Disabilities
These videos focus on meeting the needs of people with physical and developmental disabilities who have been victims of crime -- a problem sometimes ignored by government and community agencies. |
| Sexual Health and Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Autism
This is a PowerPoint presentation about healthy sexuality and people with intellectual disability. It also talks about ways to keep people safe from abuse. |
| Take Another Look: Police Response to Seizures and Epilepsy
A video and curriculum to help police officers to respond to people with seizures and epilepsy. |
| Talk About It
A video about sexual assault for people with an intellectual disability |
| The Inclusion of Disability as Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights in State Codes (Policy Research Brief)
This article is about why people with disabilities sometimes lose their right to be a parent. |
| Transportation Equity Webpage
This website contains policy letters, reports, ways to take action and other resources about transportation equality. |
| Vulnerable Adults Mandated Reporting
Free online training about vulnerable adults mandated reporting. It is available online anytime and takes about an hour. |
| WE CAN Stop Abuse: A Sexual Abuse Prevention Curriculum for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
An 8-session, interactive curriculum to teach sexual abuse prevention skills to people who have developmental disabilities. It includes a DVD. |
| Why They Gotta Do Me Like That? (The Empowered Fe Fes Take On Bullying)
In this documentary film, young women with disabilites explore the issue of school based bullying. |
| Working with People with Disabilities in the Areas of Health and Sexuality
This is a CD that teaches staff how to keep people safe. |
| www.bioethicsanddisability.org
This web site helps to inform disabled people about bioethics issues and helps to inform non-disabled people about a disability rights angle to the issues.
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| www.SelfAdvocateNet.com
An interactive, global website for people with intellectual disabilities and their supporters. |
| Accessing Safety Initiative
This program teaches community programs how to support women with disabilities who have been abused. |
| Circles of Support and Accountability
Circles of Support and Accountability is a program to help sex offenders return [safely] to communities after completing their sentence. |
| Disability Rights California
An organization in California that advocates for people with disabilities. They seek to help Californians with disabilities move from institutions to the community. |
| Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
DREDF is an organization that fights for the civil and human rights of people with disabilities. |
| Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
A non-profit corporation in Pennsylvania that works with people with disabilities and their families, their organizations, and their advocates to ensure their right to live in their communities with the services they need. |
| Disability Services ASAP (A Safety Awareness Program)
A statewide program in Texas to prevent abuse for people with disabilities. |
| Domestic Violence Services Program
This program helps people with disabilities who are being abused. |
| Hadamar Memorial
Hadamar Memorial, located in Hadamar, Germany, is a memorial for victims of the Nazi "euthanasia" or extermination project that occured from 1939-1945. |
| Inmate to Citizen Research Demonstration Project
This New York project supports the re-entry of inmates with special needs into community membership. It uses person-centered practices to develop a system of services and supports to help that re-entry.
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| Intellectual Disability, Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Intersectorality Website
A partnership in Canada between researchers and service providers to people with disabilities. These groups work together to learn new ideas about providing better services. They then offer training and write papers about the things they have learned. |
| National Center for Victims of Crime
A national organization dedicated to helping victims of crime. |
| National Crime Prevention Council
An organization dedicated to enabling people to create safer and more caring communities by addressing the causes of crime and violence and reducing the opportunities for crime to occur. |
| National Disability Rights Network
The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and Client Assistance Programs (CAP) for individuals with disabilities. |
| National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
An organization providing resources useful in assisting victims of crime. |
| Not Dead Yet
Disability activists opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. |
| Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center
Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center is a primary source for crime victim information. |
| Ohio Legal Rights Service
An organization that protects and advocates for the rights of people with disabilities in the state of Ohio. |
| PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center
A website and resource to help stop bullying. It has a lot of information about how to stop bullying at school. |
| Project Heal at Kennedy Krieger Institute
A project from the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service and Kennedy Krieger Institute. It seeks to provide legal and health services to children and youth with disabilities. |
| Pueblo Developmental Disabilities/Mental Health Consortium
This program seeks to prevent persons from becoming involved in the criminal justice system. |
| SafePlace
A program in Austin, Texas, to promote safety, healing, and the end of violence and abuse. |
| The Disability and Abuse Project
A project that works with nonprofit organizations, media, government agencies and individual advocates to reduce the risk of abuse of people with developmental or intellectual disabilities and seek justice for those who have been victimized. |
| The Inclusion of Disability as Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights in State Codes (Policy Research Brief)
This article is about why people with disabilities sometimes lose their right to be a parent. |
| The Legal Center
An organization that protects and promotes the rights of people with disabilities in Colorado. |
| The National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA)
A national non-profit membership organization which represents Adult Protective Services (APS) programs, professionals and the abused, neglected and financially exploited vulnerable adults they serve. |
| The Taunton Jail Diversion Program
A program in the community of Taunton, Massachusetts. Its purpose is to divert people with mental illness or disability who are in contact with the criminal justice system from jail to community support services. |
