Abuse and Disabled People: Vulnerability or social indifference?
Author:
- Rosemary CalderbankRCRosemary Calderbank
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Disability & Society
- Vol. 15 (3) , 521-534
Abstract
This paper analyses current literature surrounding issues of abuse and disability, and discusses whether the forms of abuse experienced by disabled people results from an individual vulnerability, or as a consequence of social attitudes towards disabled people. Three case studies form supportive evidence, and have been compiled from personal research, they represent a combination of abusive features, rather than any one individuals situation. The study hopes not to suggest that all disabled people are especially vulnerable to abuse, but asks if society and existing welfare services acknowledge and respond to allegations of abuse without prejudice to disability. This study formed my dissertation paper as a student on the BA (Hons) Social Work and Welfare Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, and I would like to thank my dissertation tutor, Bob Sapey, for his guidance and support throughout the study.Keywords
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