Developmental Disabilities

  • Sexual Assault and Autistic Survivors

    This webinar, featured Erica Blackwood of the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Olga Trujillo of Activating Change, who addressed the barriers autistic survivors face in seeking healing services …
  • Sexual Violence in the Lives of Indigenous People with Disabilities

    Nearly 3 million people in the United States identify as “American Indian or Alaskan Native” (2010 U.S. Census). Due to systemic and historical oppression, individuals within these communities experience high …
  • Promising Practices for Serving Domestic Violence Survivors with Disabilities

    This webinar featured a panel of experts who explored the unique barriers that people with disabilities have to navigate when seeking healing and the strategies that advocates employ to proactively …
  • Ensuring an Accessible Domestic Violence Awareness Month

    Domestic Violence Awareness Month was established in October of 1987. Since then, across the country, domestic violence advocates have organized awareness-raising events in support of domestic violence survivors, to highlight …
  • Centering Survivors with Disabilities in Your Organizational Policies

    When survivors with disabilities and Deaf survivors engage with your victim service organization or disability program, they are necessarily engaging with the policies that guide the delivery of your services. …
  • Providing Accessible and Effective Services to Survivors of Sexual Assault with Disabilities

    April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and in support of survivors everywhere, we dedicated this month’s End Abuse of People with Disabilities webinar to lifting up promising practices for serving survivors …
  • Emerging Issues for Domestic Violence Survivors with Disabilities and Deaf Survivors: 2021 and Beyond

    Are you grappling with how to best serve survivors with disabilities and Deaf survivors during what feels like a constant transition period? Are you trying to have critical conversations within …
  • Ableism and Violence: A Plain Language Guide

    This resource was created to be a plain language guide to ableism and the ways that ableism contributes to violence against people with disabilities. It is designed to help self-advocates …
  • Innovations at the Intersection: Centering Survivors with Disabilities in the Movement

    Survivors with disabilities are experts in their own lived experiences, so they should guide our work to ensure services are accessible and responsive to their needs. To meaningfully work with survivors with …
  • Peer to Peer: Bridging the Gap Through Self-Advocacy Curriculum

    People with developmental and intellectual disabilities are at an increased risk of experiencing abuse. They may turn to a variety of support systems in the aftermath of victimization, but barriers …