Sexual abuse of adults with mental retardation by other consumers

Furey, Eileen M.; Niesen, Jill J.

doi:10.1007/bf02575320

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“…Thus, women who are abused are often faced with the dilemma of having to choose between either having essential health or personal needs met or experiencing violence. Even if women are able to seek help, they may not have access to information about existing services for victims of violence, they may not be able to contact these services if they do not have communication devices such as Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD), and they may be afraid of being misunderstood or not believed [19,[28][29][30].…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 98%

Disability, Gender and Intimate Partner Violence: Relationships from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Smith

2007

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Research on women with disabilities has found that the most common perpetrators of violence were current or former intimate partners (Young et al. Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 78, S34-S38, 1997; Riddington, Beating the ''odds'': Violence and Women with Disabilities (Position Paper 2). 1989). This article examines intimate partner sexual and physical abuse experienced by women with disabilities compared to women without disabilities and men with and without disabilities through chi square analysis and regression analysis using data from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Results show that women with disabilities experienced almost twice the rate of all forms of abuse compared to the other populations. Variables increasing the likelihood of abuse include being female, disabled, not employed, uncoupled and younger age. Implications for future research, screening and intervention for rehabilitation professionals are discussed.Keywords Women with disabilities Á Intimate partner violence Á Rehabilitation National surveys reveal that between 25% and 31% of American women have been physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend during their lifetime [1,2]. In addition, research compiled from a national sexuality survey on a sample of 860 women, 439 with disabilities found that the most common perpetrators of violence were current or former intimate partners [3]. Participants in this survey were women who met the following criteria: (1) between the ages of 18 and 65 years; (2) a self-reported physical disability resulting in functional limitations; and, (3) no known cognitive impairments or mental health problems.

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Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 98%

Disability, Gender and Intimate Partner Violence: Relationships from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Smith

2007

Sex Disabil

105

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“…Each inappropriate label creates anxiety for families and caregivers with the additional worry about sexual abuse and unwanted pregnancy. Child-abuse literature clearly recognizes that people with learning disability are at high risk for physical, sexual, and emotional abuse (Schor 1987, Furey 1994. It is not clear whether the presence of precocious puberty adds to abuse risk or to related parental anxiety.…”

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Premature sexual development in individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities

Siddiqi

Dyke

Donohoue³

et al. 1999

Develop Med Child Neuro

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Studies on precocious puberty have primarily focused on children with typical patterns of growth and cognitive development. This study reviewed diagnostic data from the records of 15 719 patients with neurodevelopmental disabilities for diagnoses associated with premature sexual development/precocious puberty. Thirty‐two individuals with premature sexual development were identified, with the earliest changes seen in one girl at 1 year 7 months of age. In this group, the mean age at onset was 7 years 2 months in boys and 5 years 11 months in girls. Central precocious puberty, which was the most common cause of onset of early pubertal changes, was present in 15 of the 32 children. The results of this study suggest that children with a neurodevelopmental disability are at increased risk of premature pubertal changes when compared to children without a neurodevelopmental disability. This study indicates the need for health‐care providers to be vigilant in screening for early pubertal changes in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

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“…For instance, sexual abuse levels within the Intellectually Disabled (ID) population has been reported to be as high as 83 percent for females and 32 percent for males as compared to 33 and 25 percent for the general population's females and males respectively [1]. In particular when reviewing only consumer to consumer abuse, Furey and Niesen [2] found that male consumers were as likely to be abused as female consumers. Also, they found that ''perpetrators with mental retardation victimize men and women (peers) at similar rates''.…”

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confidence: 97%

Psychologists’ Experience with Interviewing and Analyzing Abuse Allegations of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Faccini

Saide

2011

Sex Disabil

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Abuse among persons with an Intellectual Disability is a significant problem. In contrast to the gravity of this problem, there currently exists a gap in Practitioners' ability to use a recognized and standardized approach to interview or analyze abuse cases when investigating them. This survey was an initial exploration of the practices of a sample of Downstate NY Psychologists regarding their training, supervision and processing of abuse allegations. A primary finding indicates that there isn't a consistently used, standardized method of interviewing and analyzing accounts of physical, emotional and sexual abuse from persons with an intellectual disability. Also, the psychologists indicated that they followed their supervising psychologists' guidance when interviewing and then analyzing interviews for credibility, which were not standardized across areas sampled.

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Sexual abuse of adults with mental retardation by other consumers

Cited by 55 publications

References 8 publications

Disability, Gender and Intimate Partner Violence: Relationships from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Disability, Gender and Intimate Partner Violence: Relationships from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Premature sexual development in individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities

Psychologists’ Experience with Interviewing and Analyzing Abuse Allegations of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

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