The Unacknowledged Crisis of Violence Against Disabled People

From the article…’Living with a disability is undoubtedly linked to a higher probability of experiencing violence. Though research on the intersection of violence and disability is limited (which inherently reflects unconcern for our experiences), existing work illustrates this link unmistakably. In 2015, disabled people were 2.5 times more likely than nondisabled people to experience violent victimization.1 And serious violent crimes (i.e., sexual assault, aggravated assault, and robbery) were even more disproportionate, more than three times as likely to impact disabled people.’…

https://cdrnys.org/blog/advocacy/the-unacknowledged-crisis-of-violence-against-disabled-people/

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