Creating Access: Serving Survivors of Sexual Assault with Disabilities

This information packet offers a succinct yet detailed introduction to disability terms and issues for advocates, service providers and general community members concerned with sexual abuse of people with disabilities. The packet includes information about the disability rights movement, the prevalence of sexual abuse of people with disabilities and various forms of exclusion faced by people with disabilities, along with outreach and prevention strategies for including people with disabilities in efforts to stop relationship abuse. Also included are training handouts outlining how to make domestic violence and sexual assault programs more accessible physically and culturally to people with disabilities. Appendices contain listings of contact information for disability resource organizations throughout California.

Type of material: information packet

Size/length: 33 pages

Cost: $15.00

Format: print document

Recommended for: sexual assault, domestic violence and disability-focused programs

Copyright: © 2001, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA)

Available from: CALCASA 1215 K Street, Suite 1100 Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: (916) 446-2520

TTY/TTD: (916) 446-8802

Fax: (916) 446-8166

Web site: www.calcasa.org