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July 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda WEDNESDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) — One in four children with
disabilities experiences some form of violence during their lifetime, a
new study has found.
In the report, published online July 11 in The Lancet,
researchers from the United Kingdom said that the risk of physical, sexual
or emotional abuse or neglect for these children is nearly four times
greater than for children who are not disabled.
“The impact of a child’s disability on their quality of life is very
much dependent on the way other individuals treat them,” one of the study
authors, Mark Bellis of Liverpool John Moores University in England, said
in a journal news release.
“This research establishes that the risk of violence to children with
disabilities is routinely three to four times higher than that of
nondisabled children. It is the duty of government and civil society to
ensure that such victimization is exposed and prevented,” Bellis
added.
For the study, the investigators examined 17 previous studies involving
more than 18,000 children from the United States, the United Kingdom,
Sweden, Finland, Spain and Israel. Most of the children were between the
ages of 2 and 18 years.
The analysis revealed that nearly 27 percent of the children with
disabilities had suffered some form of violence, including physical,
sexual or emotional abuse or neglect. The study authors noted that
lifetime levels of physical violence and sexual violence were high (20
percent and 14 percent, respectively).
The researchers also estimated that children with disabilities are at
least three times more likely to be exposed to physical violence and
nearly three times more likely to be exposed to sexual violence compared
to children without disabilities.
Kids with mental or intellectual deficits are at greater risk for
sexual abuse than children with other types of disabilities or no
disabilities at all, the authors noted. However, there wasn’t enough
information to determine the risk for exposure to sexual violence of
children with other types of disabilities, they pointed out.
Dr. Etienne Krug, director of the World Health Organization’s
department of violence and injury prevention and disability, which
contributed to the study, commented in the news release: “The results of
this review prove that children with disabilities are disproportionately
vulnerable to violence, and their needs have been neglected for far too
long. We know that specific strategies exist to prevent violence and
mitigate its consequences. We now need to determine if these also work for
children with disabilities. An agenda needs to be set for action.”
The study authors added that children with disabilities living in
developing nations could be at particular risk for exposure to
violence.
“Estimates are missing for most regions of the world, particularly
low-income and middle-income countries. This is a fundamental gap that
needs to be addressed because these countries generally have higher
population rates of disability, higher levels of violence and fewer
support services than do high-income countries,” explained Bellis.
Emily Lund and Jessica Vaughn-Jensen from Texas AM University,
authors of an accompanying comment in The Lancet, concluded in the
news release that “researchers need to target under-represented disability
groups . . . [to] provide a clear picture of the interactions between the
type of disability and risk for violence and maltreatment. Future research
should seek to strengthen our knowledge through rigorous studies with
diverse populations, both in terms of nationality and type of
disability.”
More information
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has more about preventing abuse in children with disabilities.
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