Combating violence and abuse of people with disabilities : a call to action

"Violence and abuse of people with disabilities is a widespread problem. This is the one book that empowers everyone - professionals, families and self-advocates alike - to stop abuse before it starts and empower people with disabilities to fight back. In clear and straightforward language. abuse prevention educator Nancy Fitzsimons calls readers to action and gives them the non-nonsense guidance they need..." - BOOK JACKET

Guiding principles for combating violence and abuse
Relationship between disability and abuse
Recognizing and responding to violence and abuse
Systematic barriers to preventing violence and abuse
Personal barriers to preventing violence and abuse
Understanding the system
Empowering people with disabilities to prevent violence and abuse / with Dorothy Bell Wagner
Principles in practice: the advocacy and empowerment project / with Willi Horner-Johnson and Charles E. Drum.