Disability abuse

Disability abuse is when a person with a disability is abused physically, financially, sexually and/or psychologically due to the person having a disability. This type of abuse has also been considered a hate crime.[1] The abuse is not limited to those who are visibly disabled or physically deformed, but also includes those with learning, intellectual and developmental disabilities or mental illnesses.

  1. ^ Quarmby, Katharine (2011-06-02). Scapegoat: Why We Are Failing Disabled People. Granta Books. ISBN 978-1-84627-346-9.