These resources were compiled to support the government's engagement around the development of a National Strategy and Action Plans. The strategy, Te Aorerekura, was launched in December 2021. This page lists reports, research and other resources related to disabled people and their experiences of family violence and sexual violence.
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The issues facing disabled people, including violence and abuse are highlighted in Making Disability Rights Real, Whakatūturu Ngā Tika Hauātanga (2020).
Michael Roguski identified how violence and abuse impacts the lives of disabled people in The hidden abuse of disabled people residing in the community: An exploratory study (2013) based on interviews with disabled people living in the community in Tairawhiti.
Not inherently vulnerable: An examination of paradigms, attitudes and systems that enable the abuse of dis/abled women (2017), a thesis by Debbie Hager, PhD describes the systems and attitudes which enable harm to occur. Hager proposes a paradigm shift in language and perception.
TOAH-NNEST has developed Good practice guidelines for mainstream crisis support which includes "Everything, with us": Working with people with disabilities (2016).
The New Zealand Disability Strategy 2016 -2026 Outcome 4: Our rights are protected, we feel safe, understood and are treated fairly and equitably by the justice system) and the Disability Action Plan 2019-2023 includes the action (8B) to: Explore options to reduce violence, abuse and neglect. This strategy and action plan represent the government's first steps in protecting the rights of disabled people under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (2006).
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