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Websites
VAWnet is a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. An article on the abuse of women, particularly those with disabilities.
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/Vawnet/disab.htm

Listings of and links to agencies, organizations and websites to find help for and information about violence and abuse against disabled persons and the elderly.
http://www.vachss.com/help_text/elder_abuse.html

An article that brings attention to the abuse, in the family or institutional setting, of persons with mental handicaps.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence/html/fvmentaleng.html

A Voices VS Violence fact sheet on violence against those suffering mental illness.
http://www.healthieryou.com/vvmi.html

Presentations, data, prevention material, and advocacy on violence to people with disabilities.
http://www.awol-texas.org

Nonprofit community based advocacy and resource center for disabled vicitms of domestic violence, abuse, and crime.
http://www.bils.org