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CRIME AND DISABLED AMERICANS
Estimates indicate that at least 6 million serious
injuries occur each year due to crime, resulting in either temporary or
permanent disabilities.15
Children with any kind of disability are more than twice
as likely as non-disabled children to be physically abused and almost
twice as likely to be sexually abused.15
The risk of being physically or sexually assaulted for
adults with developmental disabilities is four to ten times higher than it
is for other adults.16
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