Empowering disabled girls through education
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 [...]
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Don’t blame the disabled for abuse.
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. [...]
So that a disability is no longer an obstacle to sexual emancipation
While 96% of French people believe that people with disabilities can have a sex life, the institutions remain cautious in this area. Link: [...]
The Debate: Sex and intimacy for the needy – with Tine van der Vloet, Martine Taelman and Miek
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 [...]
Disability: the sector’s modesty with regard to sexual support
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 in special education more often victim sexual transgression behavior
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 [...]
Disabled stuck between aid and justice
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 [...]
Information for children: there is an urgent need!
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 [...]
ZEMBLA reveals: Sexual abuse among mentally handicapped large invisible problem in the Netherlands
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 [...]
The creation of “sexual carers” for people with disabilities is discussed again
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 [...]