Article
7. Why child maltreatment researchers should include children’s disability status in their maltreatment studies.
Child Abuse & Neglect
(2005)
Abstract
Approximately8%of children in the US have disabilities (US Census Bureau, 2002), and these children are more likely to be abused or neglected than their non-disabled peers. The studies that have identified this vulnerability have varied in methodology and sample, and yet the findings have been remarkably consistent. But much work still needs to be done to know the magnitude of the problem, and what professionals can do to help. We are writing to encourage researchers in the child maltreatment field to include children’s disability status in their studies of abuse and neglect. Below is a summary of what research has found thus far.
Keywords
- child witness,
- child testimony,
- child abuse,
- child neglect,
- child maltreatment
Disciplines
Publication Date
September, 2005
Citation Information
Kendall-Tackett, K., Lyon, T., Taliaferro, G., & Little, L. (2005). Why child maltreatment researchers should include children’s disability status in their maltreatment studies. Child Abuse & Neglect, 29, 147-151. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2004.09.002