Disability and child sexual abuse : lessons from survivors' narratives for effective protection, prevention and treatment

Higgins, Martina

Disability and child sexual abuse : lessons from survivors' narratives for effective protection, prevention and treatment Higgins, Martina; Swain, John - London ; Philadelphia Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2010 - 256 p. ; 23 cm.

AUTHOR NOTES John Swain is Professor of Disability and Inclusion at Northumbria University. BOOK JACKET Disability and Child Sexual Abuse examines the ways in which society marginalizes, institutionalizes and places disabled children in situation

Introduction 9 Ch. 1 Seven Disabled People with Telling Stories 21 Ch. 2 Narrative and Enabling Stories of Child Sexual Abuse 39 Ch. 3 An Abusive Society? 55 Ch. 4 The Double Whammy Effect 70 Ch. 5 Expressions and Survival of Pain 83 Ch. 6 Organizational Abuse 105 Ch. 7 Who Abuses and Why? 127 Ch. 8 Collective Identities 147 Ch. 9 Narratives of the Narrative 177 Conclusion Towards a Non-Abusive Society 216 References 229 Subject Index 244 Author Index 255

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CASE STUDIES
DISABLED PEOPLE
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE