Violence and Abuse in the Lives of People With Disabilities: The End of Silent Acceptance? [Paperback]

Dick Sobsey (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1557661480 | ISBN-13: 978-1557661487 | Publication Date: January 1994

Written with urgency and conviction, sensitivity and passion, this book is essential for everyone who touches the lives of people with disabilities--direct service providers and administrators, advocates and educators, therapists and counselors, and many more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Paul H Brookes Pub Co (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557661480
• ISBN-13: 978-1557661487
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,154,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding indictment, history and study, October 24, 2004

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This review is from: Violence and Abuse in the Lives of People With Disabilities: The End of Silent Acceptance? (Paperback)

It isn't easy to encapsulate the enormous scope and import of this book in a short review. It is a seminal work on what its title states - a treatise on those who have always been every society's ideal victims. The work includes comprehensive chapters on the history of such abuse, explanations on how it can flourish away from public consciousness, the factors that contribute to it and threaten it, and suggestions for change. The author had many years' personal experience working in an institution for developmentally disabled adults, and is the director of the Developmental Disabilities Center at the University of Alberta, where he is also a professor of educational psychology.

Note added 5/8/06: This book is now extremely rare because it is out of print, very few copies are circulating, and very few people seem to want to get rid of their copies. Over the last 2 years, I've seen offers for it go from $100 to over $750 for a used copy. If you can afford it, it's far beyond well worth it (especially if you're an institutional buyer). This is the definitive book on abuse of people with developmental disabilities. It is incredibly thorough, researched and referenced. It is also the first comprehensive book on this topic, to my awareness - I have searched WorldCat (a catalogue of many libraries across the world) and have found nothing like it.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Eye-Opener For All Us Do-Gooders!!, August 4, 1999

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This review is from: Violence and Abuse in the Lives of People With Disabilities: The End of Silent Acceptance? (Paperback)

"Violence and Abuse in the Lives of People with Disabilities. The End of Silent Acceptance?" provides the reader with a real insight into the "helping world" of people with disabilities. The author does not just speculate on the issues of violence and abuse, he provides statistics that should make those employed in the human service industry ashamed. I would highly recommend reading this book regardless of your field or profession. I would hope that this book would inspire people to initiate and make changes in both the individual live's of people with disabilitis and the systems governing their services.