Martina Higgins, John Swain

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse (eBook, ePUB)

Lessons from Survivors' Narratives for Effective Protection, Prevention and Treatment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse examines the ways in which society marginalises, institutionalises 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.

Based on the accounts of seven disabled individuals who were sexually abused in childhood, the book highlights a wide range of pertinent issues. Through case vignettes and empirical research, the authors ask practitioners to scrutinise their current professional practice, exploring participants' experiences of hospitalisation, education systems and local authorities. They consider the issue of who abuses and why, and highlight issues relating to the complexities involved in revisiting past experiences and confronting unwarranted and unwanted feelings of responsibility. The difficulty of recounting the abuse narrative is also examined within the research context.

This book will be relevant for professionals and students in the social, health and education services, such as social workers, teachers and counsellors. It will also offer insights for those seeking a less disablist society, including disabled people themselves.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857002105
• Artikelnr.: 38239274

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. Seven Disabled People with Telling Stories. 2. Narrative
and Enabling Stories of Child Abuse. 3. An Abusive Society? 4. The Double
Whammy Effect. 5. Expressions and Survival of Pain. 6. Organizational
Abuse. 7. Who Abuses and Why? 8. Collective Identities. 9. Narratives of
the Narrative. 10. Conclusion: towards a Non-Abusive Society. References.
Index