Disability and Child Sexual Abuse

Lessons from survivors’ narratives for effective protection, prevention and treatment

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse examines ways society marginalises, institutionalises and places children with disability in situations of risk, and how patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem. The accounts of seven people with disabilities who were sexually abused as children, raise a wide range of issues such as who abuses and why, and the complexities involved in revisiting past experiences. This book will be relevant for professionals in the social, health and education services such as social workers, teachers and counsellors and will also offer insights to others who are interested, including people with disabilities themselves.