npr: Earlier this year, NPR reported that people with intellectual disabilities are victims of some
npr: Earlier this year, NPR reported that people with intellectual disabilities are victims of some of the highest rates of sexual assault. NPR found previously undisclosed government numbers showing that they’re assaulted at seven times the rate of people without disabilities. Now states, communities and advocates, citing NPR’s reporting, are making reforms aimed at improving those statistics.States Aim To Halt Sexual Abuse Of People With Intellectual Disabilities -- source link