Childhood, disability and violence
Empowering disability organisations to develop prevention strategies

The project, funded by the European Commission under the Daphne Programme, aims at preventing violence in families of children with complex physical and multiple disabilities, especially where the children are the victims.

The network of disability related organisations promoting the project, recognises the specific role and responsibility that local associations and social cooperatives have in detecting, describing and preventing the phenomena.

A booklet has been written to support local leadership in raising awareness (often this means breaking a taboo) within and outside the organisation and developing prevention strategies in close collaboration with formally responsible institutions. The booklet includes background information and guidelines for issue-related networking with institutional policy makers in governmental health, education and social services.

European Partners:

• DISABILITY NOW, a Greek association of people with disabilities, particularly active at national and international level with information and awareness raising activities. (www.disabled.gr)
• DFA, a Spanish Association representing the interest of people with disabilities and their families. The organisation runs several services that improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. (www.dfa-org.com)
• FENACERCI, a Portuguese umbrella organisation of social cooperatives active in the field of disability. (www.fenacerci.pt)
  

 

Contact:

Melissa Filippini - AIAS (Italy) - e-mail address

Georgia Fyca - Disability now (Greek) - e-mail address 1 - e-mail address 2

Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf - AIAS (Italy) - e-mail address

Susana Lucio - Fenacerci (Portugal) - e-mail address

Cristina Diaz - Disminuidos Físicos de Aragón (Spaign) - e-mail address

Useful Links:

• J. P. Das Developmental Disabilities Centre, a Canadian study centre. Its current activities include: research, student training, publication, and selected clinical services for children and adults with mental retardation and other disorders that affect learning and originate in the childhood.
  http://www.ualberta.ca/~jpdasddc/abuse/
• The NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children
  http://www.nspcc.org.uk/html/home/needadvice/protectingdisabledchildren.htm
• World Health Organisation – World Report on Violence and Health
  http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/en/
• Definitions on violence by the NationalCenter for Injury Prevention and Control (AtlantaUSA). TheNationalCenter for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) works to reduce morbidity, disability, mortality, and costs associated with injuries
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/ipv_surveillance/05_uniform_definitions.htm
• US Department of Health and Human Services
  http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/
• World Health Organisation – World Report on Violence and Health
  http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/en/
• World Health Organisation – Definitions Child Abuse and Neglect
  http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/neglect/en/
• Definitions on violence by the NationalCenter for Injury Prevention and Control (AtlantaUSA). TheNationalCenter for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) works to reduce morbidity, disability, mortality, and costs associated with injuries
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/ipv_surveillance/05_uniform_definitions.htm
• Web site of the Child Abuse Prevention Network
  http://child-abuse.com/
• The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence because everyone has the right to live free of violence
  http://endabuse.org/programs/children/
• INTERNATIONAL NETWORK ON BIOETHICS AND DISABILITY http://www.bioethicsanddisability.org/abuseofdisabledpeople.htm
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
  http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc
• Home page International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect http://www.ispcan.org/aboutISPCAN.htm
• Web links to mainly American web resources
  http://www.ispcan.org/OnlineResources.htm
• Children Rights Information Network
  http://www.crin.org
  

 

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