A new study by Katrin Mueller-Johnson, Manuel Eisner and Ingrid Obsuth finds that physically disabled young people are at a significantly higher risk of contact and non-contact sexual victimisation compared to youth without physical disability. The study "Sexual Victimization of Youth With a Physical Disability: An Examination of Prevalence Rates, and Risk and Protective Factors" published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence and can be accessed here.
High risk of sexual abuse for physically disabled youth
29 May 2014