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Disabled Children and Abuse


  Author: David Miller
Publisher: NSPCC Inform
Publication: NSPCC Information Briefings
Document Date:                  February 01, 2002
Category: Crime And Violence > Child Abuse/Neglect
Related Categories:
Children > Abused Children
Children > Child Welfare
 

This paper discusses the increased risk of abuse among disabled children, suggests reasons why this may be the case, and offers ways to protect these children from abuse.  It argues that more research needs to be done on this topic and that public policies are needed to provide maximum protection for disabled children.

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