New research from the School of Social Work and Social Policy has found that 98% of abused disabled women feel that having a disability has major impacts on seeking help and coping with intimate ...

The veteran's wife captured video of the incident that's now gone viral. She told Military Times that she set up a hidden camera after suspecting abuse.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Disabled people are five times more likely to experience domestic violence than ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Children with psychological or intellectual disabilities and people who are deaf, blind or autistic are up to five times more likely to suffer abuse. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disabled parking placards are designed to make life easier for people with disabilities, but misuse across California takes ...

Domestic abuse in the UK is at crisis levels. More than 1.6 million women became victims of such abuse in the year ending March 2024 – adding to the ever-growing list of women seeking support to ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Though much of the report details specific cases of abuse, there is also some ...

Children with intellectual disabilities are not only more likely to be victims of sexual abuse but are also more susceptible to its harmful effects. "We already knew that children with intellectual ...

The statistics are hard to hear, because they’re hard to believe. "Eighty-six percent of men and ninety-six percent of women with disabilities have experienced abuse at some point in their life," said ...

A profoundly disabled woman was sent to the emergency room hundreds of times by twisted staffers at a Queens group home, who subjected her to “staggering violence and cruelty” — including once shoving ...

A 71-year-old Strasburg woman, Gerilynn "Lynn" Amaro, is now facing six felony charges of assault of an at-risk person, and two misdemeanor charges of child abuse, in connection with the alleged abuse ...

New allegations of child abuse have emerged at a care facility for children with mental and other disabilities in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Media outlets have published a video showing a woman beating a ...