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April 9, 2013 Guide on Responding to Suspected Abuse A Guide on Responding to Suspected Abuse of People with Disabilities has been added to the Resources section of the website. The Guide is for parents or family members whose loved one receives residential, transportation, day program or other services. To view of download the pdf file, click here.
May 21, 2012 Prof. Dick Sobsey Joins the National Survey Team
Dr. Sobsey is a Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton Canada. He currently serves as Director of the JP Das Developmental Disabilities Centre and Director of the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre. He has worked with children and adults with developmental disabilities since 1968 as nurse, teacher, and transdisciplinary team leader as well as a researcher and advocate. He is the author of more than 200 books, articles, and commentaries related to health, educational, and social aspects of disability. Prof. Sobsey will assist the Disability and Abuse Project in interpreting the results of the survey. He and other members of the National Survey Team will collaborate together to identify ways to use the results in a variety of educational, policy, and advocacy efforts For more information about Professor Sobsey, click here.
May 1, 2012 National Survey on Disability and Abuse is Released In collaboration with The Arc of Riverside County, the Disability and Abuse Project is releasing the National Survey on Abuse of People with Disabilities. For more information about the survey, and for a link to the survey itself, click here.
April 6, 2012 OVC report includes section on victims with disabilities
The Office for Victims of Crime issued a new report on the status of services to victims of crime. The report, "Rising to the Challenge: A New Era in Victim Services" includes a section on victims who have disabilities. That section, which begins on page 53, mentions a training manual and DVD, produced in 2009 with the assistance of Dr. Nora J. Baladerian, which has been distributed to more than 5,200 recipients. To access the complete report, click here.
March 20, 2012 A section has been added for Project Updates A short email newsletter will be sent to supporters of the Project periodically. It will keep them advised of our activities. The first Project Update was sent today. To access this new section of the website, click here.
March 18, 2012 Resources section is added to the website A new section for Resources has been added to the website. The first material was added to this section for use in the presentation of Dr. Nora J. Baladerian at the National Symposium on Child Abuse in Huntsville, Alabama this week. Material will be added to this section as time permits. To access the Resources section, click here.
March 9, 2012 Archives section is added to the website The former website of the Disability and Abuse Project (2000 - 2005) is now available through the Project Archives section of this website. To access the Project Archives, click here.
February 12, 2012 Profile of Lori Brown: Forensic Interviewer The Athens Banner-Herald published a
feature story today focusing on Lori Brown, a forensic interviewer with the
Sheriff's Office in Oconee County, Georgia. Lori will be a presenter
next month at the National child Abuse Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama.
Lori is a consultant to the Disability and Abuse Project. To read the
full story about Lori,
click here. February 11, 2012 Autism Light: Focus on Autism's Diverse Heroes Autism Light is a blog that honors diverse heroes to the world of autism. Yesterday's blog featured Dr. Nora J. Baladerian. Alan Stokes, the author of the blog, wrote: "It is my experience both as a parent of a child with autism and as one working in the field of abuse prevention that Dr. Nora Baladerian's specialization and expertise is very much needed today." To read the full story, click here.
February 9, 2012 APA Issues Guidelines for Assessment
of The January 2012 issue of American Psychologist contains several new practice guidelines for several specific populations: seniors, LGBT clients, people with disabilities, and parents. Among the 22 guidelines for clients with disabilities is one directed to disability and abuse. Guideline 11 recommends that psychologists should strive to recognize that people with disabilities are at increased risk for abuse and they should address abuse-related situations appropriately. The guideline recognizes that people with disabilities are victims of violence and abuse at a much higher rate than the population at large. This is true for men as well as for women. Abuse and neglect can be the initial cause of a disability or abuse may exacerbate an existing disability. To read more, click here.
February 3, 2012 Combating Violence Against Women with Disabilities Thanks to Russell Butler for bringing to our attention the
following article in the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section
Newsletter: "Barrier Free Justice: Combating Violence Against Women with
disabilities." To read the article, on page 7 of the newsletter,
click here.
Georgia school found liable for disability-abuse by teacher An administrative law judge filed a decision yesterday finding the Fulton County School District liable for repeated physical, verbal, and emotional abuse committed by a special education teacher against students with developmental disabilities. The decision followed administrative trial arising out of a complaint filed by a parent (on behalf of her child) alleging abuse by the teacher, knowledge of the abuse by administrators, and a cover-up of the situation by the school district. For a copy of the full decision, and quotes from various portions of it, click here.
Click here to view a new comment about the value of the newsfeed.
Click here to view and listen to a You Tube video of public defender Billy Edwards discussing how Fetal Alchohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is relevant to the work of a criminal defense attorney.
Dr. Nora's Blog has been added to the website. She, and guest bloggers, will periodically post commentaries to the blog. To access the main page of the blog, click here.
Dr. Nora Baladerian was quoted in a newstory which was added
today to the website. The Associated Press story focused on the
financial abuse of people with intellectual disabilities. To read the
story, click here. September 10, 2011 A tribute was added for International FASD Day. Comments were added about the Newsfeed.
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The
Disability and Abuse Project is pleased to announce that Professor Dick
Sobsey has become the Principal Survey Analyst for the 2012 National Survey
on Abuse of People with Disabilities. 