Students with Disabilities
Anyone can be affected by domestic violence and abuse, 但是残疾人比正常人更容易遭受虐待. 虐待与权力和控制有关,残疾人在获得支持方面可能面临独特的挑战和障碍.
据德州家庭保护服务部统计,12人.5%的虐待发生在65岁及以上(3,671,183).2% of abuse with a disability occurs in ages 18-64 (1,813,660).1
残疾妇女成为虐待受害者的可能性要高出40%, 他们报告的虐待持续时间更长,程度更大.2
根据平等权利中心的说法,家庭暴力与残疾有四分之一的关系 key ways:
- 家庭暴力会造成暂时或永久的残疾
- 残疾人遭受家庭暴力、性侵犯和虐待的比例更高
- 针对残疾人的暴力、攻击和虐待通常是不可取的-“traditional” forms
- 残疾人在寻求帮助时面临更多障碍
A person with disabilities may experience non-”traditional” signs, including an abusive partner who:3
- 告诉他们“不允许”疼痛突然发作
- 窃取或扣留他们的社会保障残疾支票
- 告诉他们,他们是一个糟糕的父母,或者永远不会成为一个父母,因为他们有残疾
- Uses gaslighting 使他们的残疾无效(例如:“你在装”或“这都是你的幻觉”)
- Uses their disability to shame or humiliate them
- 当他们知道他们的伴侣不能同意时,鼓动性行为
- 威胁要把自己的残疾“暴露”给别人(例如), 患有双相情感障碍的人可能不希望透露自己的状况, 虐待他们的伴侣会利用他们的地位来控制他们)
- Uses a disability as an excuse for the abuse; tells them that they “deserve” abuse because of their disability
德克萨斯大学的残疾学生有多种资源来帮助你应对基于权力的暴力事件. The Office of Advocacy & Violence Prevention offers FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL support services to all students. 此外,残疾学生可以使用以下资源:
- Student Accessibility Services 为促进学生平等获得大学课程和服务而存在, promote student learning and development, foster independence and self-advocacy, 并在校园残疾问题上发挥领导作用. You can contact SAS via email ability@jakekaplans.net or by calling 956-665-7005, Fax 956-665-3840.
- Valley Association for Independent Living (VAIL)是为大里奥格兰德河谷和南德克萨斯州的残疾人服务的吗. VAIL致力于使残疾人士能够有效地控制和指导他们的家庭生活, in the workplace and in the community. VAIL的目标是通过个性化的项目,为最大程度的独立和社区参与提供必要的工具,刺激和促进个人尊严和赋权意识的增长. You can contact VAIL via email info@vailrgv.org or by calling toll free: 1-866-400-8245.
- Adult Protective Services provides programs for sharing information, solving problems, 提高对老年人和弱势成人虐待受害者的服务质量. 它的使命是加强APS在国家层面的能力, state, and local levels, to effectively and efficiently recognize, report, 并对遭受虐待的老年人和残疾成年人的需求作出回应, neglect, or exploitation, and to prevent such abuse whenever possible.
- Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services 赋予聋人和聋盲家庭暴力幸存者权力, 性侵犯和性骚扰来改变他们的生活, 同时努力改变助长和延续暴力的信念和行为. 我们为个人和家庭提供全面的服务, community education, and advocacy on systems and policy issues.
- Office of Disability Employment has information regarding benefits, civil rights, community life, education, employment, emergency preparedness, health, housing, technology, 促进包容性劳动力,增加残疾人的就业机会.
- 残疾家庭暴力受害者安全规划是否有支持家庭暴力机构加强和增加对残疾人的安全规划服务的示范协议. 我们还通过提供意识到环境和社会障碍的安全规划,促进残疾人的自决.
- 残疾人士安全规划(倡导者指南)provides guidance in your own personal 你脑子里的安全计划或者你写在纸上的安全计划. 本指南涵盖了帮助残疾幸存者制定安全计划的核心信念和价值观, 关于幸存者在各种情况下如何以及何时使用安全计划的提示, and, 一个安全计划模板,包含当地的支持和安全资源.
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1德克萨斯州家庭和保护服务部(DFPS). (n.d.). Retrieved August 13, 2019, from http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/About_DFPS/Data_Book/Adult_Protective_Services/Populations_at_Risk.asp
2Disability and Abuse – The Initiative. (n.d.). Retrieved August 13, 2019, from
http://www.theinitiativecolorado.org/get-informed/disability-and-abuse/#dv
3Abuse & 残疾人|全国家暴热线. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.thehotline.org/is-this-abuse/domestic-violence-disabilities/