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.
Abuse is strongly related to suicidal feelings.
This is the second difference. No suicide prevention programs exist which tailor towards the special need of disabled people and no awareness is raised in society that disabled people are actually the group of society which is the most likely one to be abused. In summary I would like to say that disabled people are at higher risk to be abused the offenders are likely to be treated more lightly and societies awareness of the situation of disabled people related to abuse is lower than with the non disabled people. Therefore we need to increase awareness, increase support programs for disabled people and equal the treatment of Offenses in front of the justice system. Another example of the devaluation are the mercy killing cases.