Register now to for our End Abuse of People with Disabilities webinar!
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Guam Time:
May 10, 2017
4:00 am - 5:30 am
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Register Now for the next webinar in our 2017 End Abuse of People with Disabilities Webinar Series
Promoting Accessibility and Accountability: Law Enforcement and Survivors with Disabilities and Deaf Survivors
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About this Webinar Time: 2:00-3:30 pm EST
People with disabilities and Deaf people are more likely to be victims of domestic violence and sexual assault than people without disabilities. For example, Deaf women are 3.66 times more likely than hearing women to report experiences of unwanted sex by an intimate partner and 49% of people with intellectual disability will experience 10 or more sexually abusive incidents in their lifetimes. It is important that law enforcement officers are aware of best practices when serving survivors with disabilities and Deaf survivors to ensure that their response to these survivors is effective and appropriate. During this webinar two innovative programs will share their experiences related to working with law enforcement. They will provide an overview of the common barriers that survivors with disabilities, and specifically those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and those who are Deaf, face when interacting with law enforcement. Additionally, they will provide strategies for how law enforcement can build safe and effective relationships with these communities.
Register here.
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Did you miss a webinar? No problem.
You can access all of our previous webinars on the
End Abuse of People with Disabilities website.
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End Abuse of People with Disabilities Webinars are designed for practitioners and policymakers interested in ending violence against people with disabilities and Deaf individuals.
If you have questions about our webinars, or need assistance registering, please contact us at cvs@vera.org or at 212.376.3096. You can also visit our website at www.endabusepwd.org.
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Closed captioning and American Sign Language interpreting will be provided for all webinars in this series.
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