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What types of violence do battered women with disabilities face?

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What types of violence do battered women with disabilities face?

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The types of intimate partner abuse are the same among women with and without disabilities – physical, sexual, emotional and/or economic – but the frequency, manner and severity of the violence is different than non-disabled battered women. Domestic violence is about power and control, and disabled women are, by definition, more vulnerable to the dynamics of an abusive relationship. Women with disabilities may be less physically capable of caring for themselves and reliant on their intimate partners as caregivers. This sets up a dangerous dynamic where the abusers, in addition to the general power and control systems, may also be in a position to physically abuse their victims by withholding lifesaving medication, equipment and/or services. For example, a woman who relies on her service dog as her lifeline to the outside world will be even further isolated and endangered if her abuser denies her access to her dog – or even worse, harms her dog as a way of controlling her. Are women wit

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