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Davis, Leigh Ann – The Arc, 2011
Children with disabilities of any kind are not identified in crime statistic systems in the U.S., making it difficult to determine their risk for abuse (Sullivan, 2003). A number of weak and small-scale studies found that children with all types of disabilities are abused more often than children without disabilities. According to researchers,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Intellectual Disability, At Risk Persons, Children