PAVIM: Partners Against Violence and Injustice in Michigan

http://www.pavim.org/Home.html

Did you know:
  • 70% of adults with disabilities surveyed nationally reported abuse, including verbal/ emotional, physical, and sexual. (Baladerian, 2012)
  • Persons with intellectual disabilities are at the highest risk of violent abuse than any other group of persons with disabilities. (BJS, NCVS Special Report 2007)
  • Men with disabilities are 2 times more likely to become a victim of sexual assault than men without disabilities. (BJS, NCVS 2012)
  • 76% of the abusers of persons with developmental disabilities are family members, acquaintances, or employed staff. (Sobsey, 1991)