Targeted approach needed to end ‘alarmingly high’ rates of violence against women with disability

“As well as experiencing violence from family and our partners in our private home, we’re in disability group homes or in mental health inpatient wards. We’ve got disability support workers coming into our homes to do things like help us go to bed and help us shower,” Jen Hargrave from Women with Disability Victoria said.

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Topics:
Ableism and disability models, Gender, violence, Abuse and Neglect

Author:
Maggie Coggan

Source:
PBA

Date published:
Wed 9th Feb, 2022