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Carolyn Tyjewski wrote in part: >However, John, to point out what should be fairly obvious and not to critique >your personal situation, your comment suggests that ALL parents/families/carers >are, as you believe yourself to be -- an advocate, strength, life support. >Considering some fairly recent studies done by, I believe, Berkeley -- over >half of Disabled adults who grew up with a disability reported having been >physically and or sexually abused as a child by a parent, family member or >carer (not to mention the numbers of Disabled children who are killed by their >parents, family members, and carers before they reach adulthood -- Drake), I >think it is fair to say that at least some of the people who believe themselves >to be advocates, strength and life support for their Disabled child are abusers >as well. <snip> Carolyn, or others, can you site this study, or studies, more specifically? The vague statistic is, of course, alarming, and I'm left feeling a little skeptical. For example, what population(s) did they study? How was this abuse defined? What support for these claims is offered? etc.? I'd just like to understand the study since the statistic, on its own, packs quite an emotional punch, and it seems to me that further exploration might prove fruitful. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%