The highest grade of victimization is observed with developmentally disabled people. I just want to pick one very drastic survey. 381 disabled women took part in a suicide and abuse survey. In that survey the following numbers were found. So the first difference between the abuse of children or women and disabled people is in the numbers.
Disabled people are much more likely to be victims.
And society is absolutely not aware of the extend of abuse against disabled people or chooses to negates these problems because it does not fit into the picture how we view disabled people. You who are nondisabled are supposed to be the good guys who help me the poor pity object out of your good heart. Abuse does not fit this picture and is therefore negated and ignored. There are of course a variety of effects of violence. A variety of emotional disorders and symptoms have been described among victims of violence.