Children with disabilities almost four times more likely to experience violence
Fri 13 Jul 2012
Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than those without disabilities, according to a review commissioned ...
Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than those without disabilities, according to a review commissioned by the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO).
"Findings from the review, published today in the medical journal The Lancet, indicate that children with disabilities are 3.7 times more likely those without disabilities to be victims of any sort of violence. They are also 3.6 times more likely to be victims of physical violence, and 2.9 times more likely to be victims of sexual violence.
Children with disability associated with mental illness or intellectual impairments appear to be among the most vulnerable, with 4.6 times the risk of sexual violence compared with their peers who do not have disabilities."
Read 'Children with disabilities more likely to face violence, says UN-backed study', 12/7/12
Related links from the WHO:
Preventing child maltreatment: a guide to taking action and generating evidence
Violence prevention: the evidence