Institutional Abuse and Disability Abuse: Protecting Vulnerable Adults

Institutional Abuse and Disability Abuse: Protecting Vulnerable Adults Institutional abuse affects some of society’s most vulnerable people — disabled adults in care homes, group homes, psychiatric facilities, and residential programs. Disability abuse takes many forms: physical mistreatment, financial exploitation, emotional manipulation, neglect, and sexual assault. Disabled abuse is often invisible to outsiders because victims may …

Inciting Violence: How Words Escalate Into Real Harm

Inciting Violence: How Words Escalate Into Real Harm Words have power. When rhetoric crosses a line, inciting violence becomes a societal threat that communities must learn to recognize early. We see the continuum of violence play out in news cycles, political debates, and even creative works — from fantasy violence in video games to violence …