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<blockquote data-quote="2much2recover" data-source="post: 642829" data-attributes="member: 18366"><p>Here is the most important reason people with children with ID's need someone looking out for them, however they get it done: </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability</a></p><p>Studies indicate that people with intellectual disabilities are four to ten times more likely to have acts of violence committed against them.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-sorensen-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> Dick Sobsey, Associate Director of the <a href="http://dascentre.educ.ualberta.ca/" target="_blank">JP Das Developmental Disabilities Centre</a> and Director of the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, found that 80% out of 162 people with developmental and substantial disabilities who had been sexually assaulted had been sexually assaulted more than once.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-sobsey-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></p><p>Sobsey estimates that between 15,000 and 19,000 individuals with intellectual disabilities experience <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape" target="_blank">rape</a> each year.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-sobsey-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></p><p></p><p>It is believed by some that 20% of females and 10% of males are sexually abused in the US every year. The percentage is even higher among people with disabilities. According to research, more than 90% of people with intellectual disabilities will experience some form of sexual abuse at some time in their lives. 49% will experience 10 or more abusive incidents.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a></p><p></p><p>Other studies suggest 68% of girls with intellectual disabilities and 30% of boys with intellectual disabilities will be sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday. According to research 15,000 to 19,000 people with intellectual disabilities are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape" target="_blank">raped</a> each year in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a></p><p></p><p>Sullivan and Knutson found, in 2000, that children with intellectual disabilities were at slightly greater risk of sexual abuse than disabled children in general, who in turn were at 3.14 times greater risk of experiencing sexual abuse than non-disabled children.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-Sullivan-1" target="_blank">[1]</a>:61</p><p>AND THIS: The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle" target="_blank">Seattle</a> Rape Relief Project program for victims of sexual assault with intellectual disabilities conclude that there is underreporting of sexual assaults of victims with intellectual disabilities that exceed under-reporting with other populations.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-sorensen-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> Several studies suggest 80-85% of criminal abuse of residents of institutions never reach the proper authorities. The studies have found that 40% of those criminally abused and 40% of non-abusing staff of care facilities studied are reluctant to come forward with criminal abuse issues for fear of reprisals or retribution from administrators.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-20" target="_blank">[20]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2much2recover, post: 642829, member: 18366"] Here is the most important reason people with children with ID's need someone looking out for them, however they get it done: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability[/url] Studies indicate that people with intellectual disabilities are four to ten times more likely to have acts of violence committed against them.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-sorensen-6'][6][/URL] Dick Sobsey, Associate Director of the [URL='http://dascentre.educ.ualberta.ca/']JP Das Developmental Disabilities Centre[/URL] and Director of the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, found that 80% out of 162 people with developmental and substantial disabilities who had been sexually assaulted had been sexually assaulted more than once.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-sobsey-7'][7][/URL] Sobsey estimates that between 15,000 and 19,000 individuals with intellectual disabilities experience [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape']rape[/URL] each year.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-sobsey-7'][7][/URL] It is believed by some that 20% of females and 10% of males are sexually abused in the US every year. The percentage is even higher among people with disabilities. According to research, more than 90% of people with intellectual disabilities will experience some form of sexual abuse at some time in their lives. 49% will experience 10 or more abusive incidents.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] Other studies suggest 68% of girls with intellectual disabilities and 30% of boys with intellectual disabilities will be sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday. According to research 15,000 to 19,000 people with intellectual disabilities are [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape']raped[/URL] each year in the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL].[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-9'][9][/URL] Sullivan and Knutson found, in 2000, that children with intellectual disabilities were at slightly greater risk of sexual abuse than disabled children in general, who in turn were at 3.14 times greater risk of experiencing sexual abuse than non-disabled children.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-Sullivan-1'][1][/URL]:61 AND THIS: The [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle']Seattle[/URL] Rape Relief Project program for victims of sexual assault with intellectual disabilities conclude that there is underreporting of sexual assaults of victims with intellectual disabilities that exceed under-reporting with other populations.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-sorensen-6'][6][/URL] Several studies suggest 80-85% of criminal abuse of residents of institutions never reach the proper authorities. The studies have found that 40% of those criminally abused and 40% of non-abusing staff of care facilities studied are reluctant to come forward with criminal abuse issues for fear of reprisals or retribution from administrators.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_and_intellectual_disability#cite_note-20'][20][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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