Disability and Child Sexual Abuse

by Higgins, Martina; Swain, John

• ISBN13: 9781843105633
• ISBN10: 1843105632
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-15
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub

Summary

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse examines the ways in which society marginalizes, institutionalizes and places disabled children in situations of unacceptable risk, and how --- as evidenced in the survivors' narratives --- patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem.

Author Biography

Martina Higgins is a disabled parent of a disabled child. She has previously worked as a social work practitioner and manager, predominantly in the field of child protection. John Swain is Professor of Disability and Inclusion at Northumbria University, and has worked in Disability Studies for over 25 years. He is Executive Editor of the Disability and Society journal and has written approximately 70 publications, including From a Different Viewpoint: The Lives and Experiences of Visually Impaired People with Sally French, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Table of Contents

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