Disability and Child Sexual Abuse
Lessons from Survivors' Narratives for Effective Protection, Prevention and Treatment

Examines the ways in which society marginalises, institutionalises and places disabled children in situations of unacceptable risk, and how patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem. Based on the accounts of seven disabled individuals who were sexually abused in childhood, this book highlights a wide range of pertinent issues.

It will also offer insights for those seeking a less disablist society, including disabled people themselves.

About the Authors. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction.
1. Seven Disabled People with Telling Stories.
2. Narrative and Enabling Stories of Child Abuse.
3. An Abusive Society?
4. The Double Whammy Effect
5. Expressions and Survival of Pain.
6. Organisational Abuse.
7. Who Abuses and Why?
8. Collective Identities.
9. Narratives of the Narrative.
10. Conclusion: Towards a Non-Abusive Society. References.