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Hi Roisin, In general, the term refers to individuals or sectors that can be easilly abused, exploited and discriminated. So if we examine, the vulnerability is not because of who the person is, it is because the society and government provide an environment that is condusive for certain elements, entities and individuals to perform such. In an environment, social, economic, cultural, religious where no preventive mechanish and acts of abuses, exploitation and discrimination could be performed with impunity against those looked upon as weak, poor, women, with disabilities, indigenous, not of similar political and religious persuasing, vulnerability exist. It is the social, economic and cultural etc context that create vulnerable people. Lauro Original message: > Hi everyone, > I'm involved with a sports organization for people who are blind/vision > impaired and we are updating our policy documents which include child > protection and volunteer policies. > For funding and insurgence purposes, we need to make reference to > "vulnerable adults", which makes me uncomfortable as I don't consider > myself a "vulnerable adult". I have worded the document in such a way > so that it doesn't refer to all of us who are blind/vision impaired to > be "vulnerable adults" at all times. > so I need a definition of "vulnerable adults" which I can live with. > Can anyone suggest a definition that is respectful and maintains the > dignity of the "vulnerable adult" ? > Thanks, > Roisin > Róisín Dermody > [log in to unmask] > +353-87-9370-337 > ________________End of message________________ > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for > Disability Studies at the University of Leeds > (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to > [log in to unmask] > Archives and tools are located at: > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.