For example, a child may end up deaf, become paraplegic or have brain or spinal cord injury. This happens when an adult or adolescent uses a child for sexual purposes. It can also mean exposing them to sexual activity or behaviour. Child sexual abuse is usually repeated, and can go on for a long time. It is also emotionally abusive.
Sexual abuse is against the law in Canada.
Yet it is probably the form of abuse that people report the least. Emotional abuse Emotional abuse includes other acts that can harm a child's sense of worth. It is usually part of a long-term problem. It harms a child's self-confidence when an adult insults, rejects or humiliates them often. Isolating a child - keeping them away from other children, or removing their wheelchair or hearing aids.