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• - An electronic mail network on the topic of abuse & disability, and the Special Senate Committee on euthanasia and assisted suicide. (Canada)
  
• - Our family's true story of how our learning disabled child was kidnapped, beaten, and injured while in the custody of Massachusetts D.S.S.
  
• - Examines violence as it impacts women with developmental and other disabilities - what we know, what we don't know, and what needs to be done to prevent it and to help women recover from it.
  
• - Forum for reform to prevent injury and death from restraints used in schools, residential facilities and hospitals.
  
• - Paper from the METIS project, European Unión DAPHNE initiative.
  
• - Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help for and information about physical, sexual and mental abuse of disabled persons.
  
• - Deaf Women reclaiming our lives and personal power through sharing. TTY hotlines and links.
  
• - Prevention, response and research news on violence towards people with disabilities.
  
• - A national/international support network for parents whose children (including adult children) have been traumatized, injured or killed by abusive behavior modification (ABA) and restraint .
  
• - Brief article on how to protect children with disabilities from abuse.
  
• - Federally funded project for Disability, Abuse & Personal Rights education.
  
• - Aims to end routine prescribing and re-prescribing of neuroleptics for people on the autistic spectrum.
  
• - Characteristics of victims and abusers, risk factors, and prevention strategies.
  
• - Discusses the abuse of people with developmental disabilities and makes recommendations for assessment, intervention and treatment of those abused.
  
• - Articles on prevalence of abuse, guidelines for physicians, access to shelters, and intervention.