Mobilizing Support for People with Disabilities
Who Experience Sexual Violence Webinars
“People with disabilities experience
domestic and sexual violence at alarming rates.
Yet they are less likely to receive services, supports, and justice
than their counterparts without disabilities receive.”
(Forging New Collaborations, A Guide for Rape Crisis, Domestic Violence, and Disability
Organizations, VERA Institute on Justice, April 2011)
People with disabilities experience sexual violence more than
3 times higher than people without disabilities.
(Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2017)
People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities
experience sexual violence more than 7 times higher than
people without disabilities.
(NPR Abused & Betrayed Series, January 2018)
Let’s Mobilize To Do Something About This!
The Illinois Self Advocacy Alliance is excited to collaborate on the AAPD (American
Association of People with Disabilities) 2020 Paul G Hearne Leadership Award to
engage survivors with disabilities, rape crisis centers, service providers, professionals
and advocates in doing collaborative regional and statewide work aimed at improving
services, policies and opportunities for people with disabilities who have experienced
sexual violence.
Healthy Relationships Talk
Thursday, December 3, 2020 from 6 – 7.30pm CST
Register here
Let’s talk about ableism, and finding as well as building healthy relationships. Let’s
talk about ableism, and finding as well as building healthy relationships. This
workshop will be presented by Sexologist and educator Bianca Laureano, Danielle
Boachie from The Network and Activist Carrie Kaufmann.
Art & Trauma Recovery Event
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 from 6 – 7.30pm CST
Register here
Join Laura Kinter, Executive Director of Awakenings Gallery, whose mission is to
make visible the artistic expression of survivors of sexual violence. We will also be
joined by survivors who will share their artwork and discuss ways art can aid in
trauma recovery.
Disability & Bisexuality
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 from 12noon – 1.30pm
Register here
Facilitated by Dr. Kate Caldwell, this presentation will celebrate the intersection
between disability and bisexuality and discuss overlapping experiences of pride,
coming out, invisibility and erasure as well as health and mental health disparities
that have been found in recent research. Dr. Caldwell will also discuss the impact of
intimate partner violence on these communities and where they intersect.
Healthy Sexuality & Sexual Expression Panel Discussion
Thursday, December 17, 2020 from 6 – 7.30pm CST
Register here
Panel participants include Robin Wilson-Beattie (she/her) who is a Black disabled sex
educator and parent; Advocates TJ Gordon and Brittany King; and Searah Deysach
from Early to Bed, a feminist, sex-positive sex shop for everyone located in Chicago,
Illinois.
If you have questions, please contact Tara Ahern, The Alliance’s Project Director, at
tara.advocacy@gmail.com.
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