Reported maltreatment in children with multiple disabilities

Benedict, Mary I.; White, Roger B.; Wulff, Louise M.; Hall, Belinda J.

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(90)90031-n

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“…Furthermore, changes in reporting laws and societal attitudes can occur during a study period. 21 Another problem that has been cited in the literature is the lack of recognition and documentation of disabilities by CPS workers and their lack of training on evaluating children with disabilities. 4 In the study by Westat, 9 analyses were based on CPS workers' opinions rather than data empirically derived from physicians or other professionals trained to diagnose disabilities.…”

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Maltreatment of Children With Disabilities

2007

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Widespread efforts are being made to increase awareness and provide education to pediatricians regarding risk factors of child abuse and neglect. The purpose of this clinical report is to ensure that children with disabilities are recognized as a population that is also at risk of maltreatment. Some conditions related to a disability can be confused with maltreatment. The need for early recognition and intervention of child abuse and neglect in this population, as well as the ways that a medical home can facilitate the prevention and early detection of child maltreatment, are the subject of this report.

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“…Children with chronic illnesses or disabilities often place higher emotional, physical, economic, and social demands on their families. 21 For example, a physical disability that causes difficulty in ambulation can place a child at risk of accidental falls. Therefore, much closer supervision will be needed, which itself can be stressful.…”

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Maltreatment of Children With Disabilities

2007

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“…Indeed successive acts under the mental health legislation have sought to protect them, particularly those with severe mental handicap. With the growing awareness and identification of sexual abuse of children, and the growing knowledge of the long-term psychological effects (Jehu, 1989), which may be even more severe for people who have disabilities (Kennedy, 1990;Sinason, 1989), it has been acknowledged that not only are the mentally handicapped particularly vulnerable to abuse (Benedict et a/, 1990), but the problem may well be seriously underestimated by those working in management positions (Brown & Craft, 1989). While it is recognised that the mentally handicapped have rights and need to express their sexuality, they also have the right not to be exploited or abused.…”

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Sexual abuse of the mentally handicapped: difficulties in establishing prevalence

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1991

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That adults with mental handicap∗ are particularly vulnerable to sexual exploitation is not new, although relatively unacknowledged or investigated. Indeed successive acts under the mental health legislation have sought to protect them, particularly those with severe mental handicap. With the growing awareness and identification of sexual abuse of children, and the growing knowledge of the long-term psychological effects (Jehu, 1989), which may be even more severe for people who have disabilities (Kennedy, 1990; Sinason, 1989), it has been acknowledged that not only are the mentally handicapped particularly vulnerable to abuse (Benedict et al, 1990), but the problem may well be seriously underestimated by those working in management positions (Brown & Craft, 1989). While it is recognised that the mentally handicapped have rights and need to express their sexuality, they also have the right not to be exploited or abused. We therefore need to know more about the numbers, indicators and circumstances where this group may be sexually abused and to develop policies, systems and training to protect them (Brown & Craft, 1989). This pilot study was a step in this process.

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“…Various environmental factors may contribute to developmental delay, including such variables as poverty and unemployment, single or teenaged parenting, limited parental education, and parental mental health (Bernstein, Hans, & Percansky, 1991;Roth, 1982), Abuse reporting is higher for individuals who are unmarried, unemployed, poorly educated, and with low incomes (Benedict, White, Wulff, & Hall, 1990). A group of parents of children with disabilities reported for maltreatment typically included individuals who were unmarried, had less education, and were more frequently African American (Benedict et al, 1990, Benedict et al, 1992. Another study of predominantly Caucasian mothers reported that single mothers of children with disabilities obtained higher child abuse potential scores than married mothers (Kirkham et al, 1986).…”

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