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The article discusses personal and system-level strategies and resources to protect children with disabilities who have communication problems, from maltreatment and abuse. It describes the importance of professionals recognizing and reporting abuse from symptoms such as poor physical health, social difficulties and cognitive dysfunctions, that children with disabilities demonstrate. Resumen realizado por el/los autor/es
…Objective: To describe how child maltreatment chronicity is related to negative outcomes in later childhood and early adulthood. Methods: The study included 5994 low-income children from St Louis, including 3521 with child maltreatment reports, who were followed from 1993-1994 through 2009. Children were 1.5 to 11 years of age at sampling. Data include administrative and […]
…As the baby boom generation enters retirement, the incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias will grow. Individuals in this generation and beyond will be largely responsible for their own retirement security-yet their ability to manage investments may decline because of diminished financial capacity. This article shares original research findings from an AARP study about […]
…This paper sets out how torture prevention mechanisms have focused on prisons and police stations to the detriment of people in psychiatric and social care institutions, leaving people with disabilities exposed to torture and ill-treatment carried out with impunity. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) sets out human rights norms […]
…In this article we review the empirical evidence for the presumptions that children with disabilities are at increased risk for child maltreatment, and parents with disabilities are more likely to perpetrate child abuse and neglect. Challenges to the epidemiological examination of the prevalence of child maltreatment and disabilities are discussed. We conclude that the evidence […]
…Abstract: Antipsychotic medication rates are high in adults with developmental disability. This study considered rates of antipsychotic use in 743 adults with developmental disability who had experienced a psychiatric crisis. Nearly half (49%) of these adults were prescribed antipsychotics. Polypharmacy was common with 22% of those prescribed antipsychotics taking 2 or more antipsychotics at once. […]
…The capacity to manage one’s financial affairs, known as financial capacity, comprises a broad range of conceptual, pragmatic, and judgment abilities, used across a range of everyday settings, that are critical to the independent functioning of adults in our society. Older adults are the most vulnerable to cognitive impairment, yet hold a disproportionate amount of […]
…Background: Despite the frequency with which mothers with intellectual disability have their children removed, little theoretical or empirical work has understood the mothers’ perspectives on this. A few studies have reported mothers’ feelings of grief and loss and their sense of powerlessness in the child protection system. Method: This qualitative study explores the daily life […]
…Sexual abuse of individuals with disabilities occurs in alarming proportions, although the prevalence and incidence of such abuse is difficult to determine. Although all states maintain statistics on child sexual abuse, the rate of victimization for individuals with disabilities is not specific. This paper reviews several studies conducted on sexual abuse of individuals with disabilities […]
…Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to be victims of violence than other children, according to a new report commissioned by the World Health Organization. The report, published in The Lancet on Thursday, found that disabled children were 3.6 times more likely to be physically assaulted and 2.9 times more likely to […]
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