22nd November 2016
Disability and domestic violence
Dr Justin Varney is the National Lead for Adult Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England. In this blog, he talks about the ways that people living with impairments are affected by domestic abuse, and the ways in which barriers to accessibility further disable individuals seeking help.
For an audio version of this blog, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
About 1 in 5 of the population live with an impairment which leads to them being disabled in their interactions with the world around them.