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ABUSE

Child Abuse Prevention Network

Guardian Unlimited: Disabled children are at least three times more likely than other children to become victims of physical or sexual abuse.

Safe Child Program Child Abuse and Bullying Prevention: Protect children, preschool through adolescence.

 Kempe Children's Center:  How to recognize and do something about Child Abuse.

Child Advocates: News and Volunteer Opportunities

NSPCC: Protecting Disabled Children from Abuse

The Risk and Prevention of Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities (pdf)

Child Abuse and the Handicapped Child Digest: Do Child Protection Services Neglect Developmentally Disabled Children?

Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities: Fact Sheet - Children with disabilities are maltreated at 1.7 times the rate of other children.