Mentally handicapped people more often live and work in the middle of society. This makes them more vulnerable. Loverboys have been designed to do this: disabled girls have [...]
The sexual abuse of mentally handicapped people is a major problem. People need to get away from the idea that sex education is the solution, says expert Aafke Scharloo. [...]
It is a striking concept note that has just been tabled by the Welfare, Public Health and Family Committee of the Flemish Parliament. A memorandum in which some members of [...]
Sexual support for people with disabilities is a sensitive issue in Belgium. Prostitution, for some, integration of people with disabilities for others, the field is torn [...]
Girls with mental disorders or serious behavioural problems who attend special schools at secondary special education are more likely to come into contact with sexually [...]
People with mild mental disabilities who behave criminally are relatively often guilty of arson or sexual offences. They do this two to three times as often as the [...]
As is the case every year, the report by the defender of children’s rights makes the same observation: as far as minors are concerned, France does not respect either [...]
In terms of figures, it’s perhaps the biggest abuse scandal in the Netherlands. That’s what orthopedagogue and clinical psychologist Aafke Scharloo says about [...]
It’s a sensitive subject because it touches the intimate. On 14 September, the CH(S)OSE collective, which brings together various associations of people with [...]
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