Child: care, health and development
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Child Care Health Dev · Sep 2007
ReviewAbuse of the disabled child: a systematic review of population-based studies.
To ascertain the strength of the association between childhood disability and abuse and neglect. ⋯ The evidence base for an association of disability with abuse and neglect is weak. Psychological and emotional problems, and learning difficulties appear to be associated with abuse but this association might arise because these conditions share a common aetiological pathway with abuse. There is limited evidence that physical disability predisposes to abuse.