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A matter of social context: the sexual abuse of children with disabilities
- Author:
- BERGLUND Anna-Klara
- Publisher:
- Save the Children Sweden
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockholm
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child secures protection from sexual abuse and exploitation (Article 34). However. research carried out in Europe and North America indicates that disabled children are at higher risk of sexual abuse than non-disabled children
The rights of children with disabilities: how is progress monitored?; a review of national and NGO reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Author:
- ANDERSSON-BROLIN Lillemor
- Publisher:
- Save the Children Sweden
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockholm
The Convention on the Rights of the Child makes special mention of disabled children in Article 23, however, it is important to remember that every article in the Convention which refers to 'the child' applies also to the disabled child. Article 23 is open to ambivalent interpretation, because it refers to concepts such as 'special care', and 'special needs' without defining them. The priority needs of disabled children are not special, they are basic; disabled children need food, shelter, love and affection, protection, education.