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• One study found that individuals with disabilities experience violence and abuse at least twice as often as their peers without disabilities. In 96% of the cases, the perpetrator was known to the victim; and in 44% of the cases the perpetrators were service providers. 79% of the individuals were victimized more than once. (Sobsey & Doe 1991)



• A study done by the DisAbled Women's Network of Canada found that 40% of the women with disabilities that they surveyed had experienced abuse; 12% had been raped. Perpetrators of the abuse were primarily spouses and ex-spouses (37%) and strangers (28%), followed by parents (15%), service providers (10%), and dates (7%). (Ridington 1989)



• A study done by the Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD) found that women with disabilities were significantly more likely to experience emotional and sexual abuse by attendants and health care workers. Additionally, women with disabilities reported significantly longer durations of physical or sexual abuse compared to women without disabilities (3.9 years versus 2.5 years). (Young et al 1997)

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