How to support women with intellectual disabilities – Easy to read

Inclusion Europe made a report called “Life after Violence“. The report talks about how to support women with intellectual disabilities who experienced violence. Inclusion Europe developed several videos about the report and how to talk about violence

How to support women with intellectual disabilities – Easy to read

Find the meaning of the words in bold in the dictionary at the end of the document.

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Violence against women

Women with intellectual disabilities

are two to five times more likely

to face violence than other women.

Inclusion Europe made a report called “Life after Violence“.

The report talks about how to support women

with intellectual disabilities who experienced violence.

 

Inclusion Europe developed several videos

about the report and how to talk about violence.

How to talk about violence

This video shares steps to take when talking to women

with disabilities who experienced violence.

 

What is direct violence?

This video shows examples of direct violence.

Direct violence is directly against someone.

 

Direct violence is also called ‘personal violence’.

It is when one person intentionally hurts another person.

 

“The most important thing is to find someone you trust and talk about your experience.” Dounia, Self-advocate

 

What is structural violence ?

Institutions are places where people with intellectual disabilities

live with other people with intellectual disabilities.

They often live there apart from

other people and their families.

 

They often have little choice who they live with

or who supports them.

 

Institutions are places where structural violence happens.

 

“Please! Don’t just look at my disability! 

Look at me as a person. Find out more about me. 

My limitations do not limit my life if I am supported

by people who really care about me as a person.”

Dounia, Self-advocate

 

How to empower women with intellectual disabilities?

Women’s experiences with violence can change

the way they look at the world around them.

And the way they see themselves.

After violence happens, many women

had very low self-esteem and feel less important.

 

It is important to have proper support in place

to help women who have experienced violence.

 

“What made me stronger is finding

people I trusted and talking to them.”

Dounia, Self-advocate

 

Our work brings the voice of people with intellectual disabilities and their families where decisions about their future are made.

This has always been incredibly important. It is even more so with the Covid pandemic drastic impact on their rights and lives.

Being visible and vocal on issues directly affecting millions of people requires your support. 

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