Resources

What resources exist for battered women with disabilities?

Battered women with disabilities should contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.SAFE (7233) TTY 1.800.787.3224 to find appropriate services in their communities. The following resources are also available to battered women with disabilities:

American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence

http://www.abanet.org/domviol/

Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services

http://www.adwas.org/

Barrier Free Justice

http://www.brooklynda.org/barrier_free_justice/barrier_free_justice.htm

Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Research on Women with Disabilites (CROWD)

http://www.bcm.edu/crowd/abuse_women/abuse_women.html

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

http://www.dredf.org/

DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN) Ontario, Canada

http://dawn.thot.net/

Michigan Resource Center on Domestic & Sexual Violence

http://www.mcadsv.org/mrcdsv/resource/Bibliographies/SA%20and%20DV%20Disabilities.pdf

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)

www.ncadv.org/files/disabilities.pdf

National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life

http://www.ncall.us/

SafePlace

http://www.safeplace.org/site/PageServer?pagename=program_home

Facts sheets on to help victims with disabilities

http://www.safeplace.org/site/DocServer/Fact_Sheets_List.pdf?docID=3301

University of Minnesota

http://www.mincava.umn.edu/categories/884

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