Loving Lindsey

Raising a Daughter with Special Needs

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Special Needs, Family Relationships, Motherhood, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Linda Atwell ISBN: 9781631522819
Publisher: She Writes Press Publication: September 26, 2017
Imprint: She Writes Press Language: English
Author: Linda Atwell
ISBN: 9781631522819
Publisher: She Writes Press
Publication: September 26, 2017
Imprint: She Writes Press
Language: English

• Approximately 6.5 million people in the United States have an intellectual disability. Special Olympics notes that 1-3 percent of the global population may have an intellectual disability—as many as 200 million people. According to the IRIS Domestic Violence Center, an estimated 2-4 million American women are abused each year by their partners (this includes controlling, emotional, and physical abuse). • According to the Disability and American Families U.S. Census Bureau Report, 20.9 million families have members with a disability. • Out of 72.3 million families included in the U.S. Census Bureau Report, about 2 in every 7 reported having at least one member with a disability. • According to “The Invisible Victims,” by David D. Sorensen, studies indicate that people with intellectual disabilities are four to ten times more likely to have acts of violence committed against them.

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• Approximately 6.5 million people in the United States have an intellectual disability. Special Olympics notes that 1-3 percent of the global population may have an intellectual disability—as many as 200 million people. According to the IRIS Domestic Violence Center, an estimated 2-4 million American women are abused each year by their partners (this includes controlling, emotional, and physical abuse). • According to the Disability and American Families U.S. Census Bureau Report, 20.9 million families have members with a disability. • Out of 72.3 million families included in the U.S. Census Bureau Report, about 2 in every 7 reported having at least one member with a disability. • According to “The Invisible Victims,” by David D. Sorensen, studies indicate that people with intellectual disabilities are four to ten times more likely to have acts of violence committed against them.

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