NY Times: Children With Disabilities Are More Likely to Be Victims of Violence, Analysis Sho

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Children With Disabilities Are More Likely to Be Victims of Violence, Analysis ShowsBy DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to be victims of violence than other children, according to a new report commissioned by the World Health Organization.www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/health/policy/children-with-disabilities-are-victimized-more-often.html

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Another reason why I am looking for a supportive community for my son to live in

when I am no longer around to take care of him. If my son were forced to live

in a regular community he would not be safe.

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> Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to be victims of

violence than other children, according to a new report commissioned by the

World Health

Organization.www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/health/policy/children-with-disabilities\

-are-victimized-more-often.html

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Supported

Living is very successful in regular communities. When people are placed in any

living situation where they are not provided with supports they need, they are

not be set up to succeed. A growing body of evidence confirms that

inclusive supportive housing works for people with disabilities, including

those with the most severe impairments. http://www.bazelon.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=q6FsuL6o_Jw%3D & tabid=241 In

supported living, critical supports and questions that are addressed

include http://thechp.syr.edu/!slwhatd.pdf:

1.What does

individualized support and Personalized assistance look like for the

person with a disability?

2. What needs to

happen for this person to have a safe & decent home of their own?

2.What does it take

the person with the disability to have community membership and choice

and control of their lives?

3. How do you build

a culture of respect in the community where the person lives?

It is in

"cluster housing" for individuals w/IDD http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13668250412331285208 and "supported

living centers" like this where reform was court ordered in 2009 http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/abuse-neglect-texas-disabled-institutions/

and abuse is still prevalent today.... "In

the last two years, a Mexia worker was caught on video pushing a disabled

resident down and stepping on his throat while other employees looked on. A

staffer goaded one resident into hitting another with a belt, causing bloody

wounds and a trip to the emergency room. A direct care worker showed residents

pornographic pictures and tried to get them to perform oral sex on him; another

sexually abused two residents."To: sList From: hidden_garnet@...Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:41:47 +0000Subject: Re: NY Times: Children With Disabilities Are More Likely to Be Victims of Violence, Analysis Sho

Another reason why I am looking for a supportive community for my son to live in when I am no longer around to take care of him. If my son were forced to live in a regular community he would not be safe.

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> Children With Disabilities Are More Likely to Be Victims of Violence, Analysis Shows

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> By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

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> Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to be victims of violence than other children, according to a new report commissioned by the World Health Organization.www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/health/policy/children-with-disabilities-are-victimized-more-often.html

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