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| Responding to Abuse Against Women with Disabilities | |
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This article in the Winter 2002, Health Alert newsletter encourages health care service providers to increase their awareness of the heightened risk factors and unique forms of abuse to which patients with disabilities are exposed. Definitions of abuse need to be expanded to include the recognition that abuse by personal assistants and caregivers constitutes a form of "intimate partner violence," argue authors Mary Ann Curry and Fran Navarro. The article offers examples of the different forms of abuse people with disabilities may experience at the hands of caregivers--acts such as withholding needed medications, delaying provision of personal care services, and restricting access to the telephone or other modes of communication. Type of material: article Size/length: 5 pages Series: Health Alert, Volume 8, Number 1 (Winter 2002) Cost: free Format: print document Recommended for: Health care, domestic violence and disability service programs Copyright: © 2002, Family Violence Prevention Fund Available from: Family Violence Prevention Fund Phone: (415) 252-8900
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