admin - Violence against people with disabilities, particularly women who are deaf/mobility-impaired/blind, happens because of attitudes toward women together with vulnerability from the conditions that result from the disability itself:
- Being physically less capable of defending themselves
- Difficulty in reporting maltreatment due to communication barriers
- Inaccessibility of information and counseling due to physical barriers and lack of accessible forms of communication (particularly for blind, visually impaired, deaf)
- Lower self-esteem due to being seen only as a person with a disability
- A greater amount of dependence on other people for care
- Fear of reporting abuse because it might result in a loss of the care they may require
EVERY VOICE MAKES A DIFFERENCE!!! PLEASE USE YOURS TO BRING AWARENESS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE!
