Sexual Abuse of Children with Autism
https://homeupgradespecialist.com/wxtv9lvf0 Sexual Abuse of Children with Autism: Factors that Increase Risk and Interfere with Recognition of Abuse
https://inteligencialimite.org/2024/08/07/6dbqx56n0w Two main arguments are made with regard to children with autism and risk for sexual abuse. First, some children with autism may be targeted for abuse by sexual offenders who may view them as vulnerable children. Second, when children with autism are sexually abused, they may show this in ways that get ignored or misattributed to autism rather than to possible sexual abuse. Because of these two issues, there need to be reliable methods established for determining whether or not a child on the autism spectrum has been sexually abused, and these protocols need to be informed by the challenges encountered by individuals with autism, voiced by those along the spectrum as well as by researchers in the autism field. READ MORE HERE
Recognizing and Preventing Abuse | Family Services/Autism
Autism and the New Sexual Victimization
Are autistic children at greater risk for abuse?
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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It May Just Save a Child's Life!!