Violence against Women with Disabilities - an Overview of the Literature

Abstract

This overview explores the literature in relation to women with disabilities and violence within the period 1990 to 1999. Further research is required to understand both the incidence of abuse and the nature of abuse in relation to gender and particular disabilities. The literature indicates the failure of theorists in the field of violence against women and in particular the feminist discourse to address what appears to be the systematic and protracted abuse of people, and in particular women, with disabilities.