Violence Against Women with Disabilities
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Table of Contents
- Overview
- Fact Sheet 1: Violence against Women with Disabilities: Findings from Studies, 1992-2002
- Fact Sheet 2: Violence against Women with Disabilities: Issues and Recommendations
- "Violence Against Women with Disabilities: Findings from Studies Conducted by the Center for Research on Women with Disabilities - 1992 - 2001" an ILRU webcast presented by Carol Howland on Feb. 27, 2002. [webcast] [transcript]
- "Violence against women with disabilities" A white paper for the conference: "Preventing and Intervening with Violence Against Children and Adults with Disabilities" Arlington, VA, May 2002
- "Violence against Women with Disabilities: Urgent Call for Action" by Rosemary B. Hughes, Ph.D.
- Prevalence
- Health Consequences
- Vulnerability for Abuse
- Risk Factors
- How Policy Changes Could Reduce Risks
- Screening
- Interventions
- Access to Domestic Violence Programs
- Guidelines for Professionals
- Investigating Violence against Women with Disabilities
- Final Report, "Violence Against Women with Disabilities" 2002, funded by CDC
- Cover
- Introduction
- Chapter I: Dynamics of Violence against Women with Disabilities
- Chapter II: Development of the Abuse Assessment Screen-Disability
- Chapter III: Demographic, Disability, and Psychosocial Characteristics of Abused Women with Physical Disabilities
- Chapter IV: Perceived Stress and Women with Disabilities
- Chapter V: Depression and Women with Spinal Cord Injury
- Chapter VI: Safety Planning Intervention
- Chapter VII: Disseminating the Findings
- Conclusions
- One Woman's Story
- Friends of Heather Grossman