Disability and domestic abuse – Echo webinar
Deepen your understanding of disability and domestic abuse, focusing on how to respond to victims and survivors who are blind or partially sighted.
Disabled people
Responding to deaf victims of domestic abuse
Build your skills, knowledge and confidence. Improve your professional response and make victims of domestic abuse who are deaf or have hearing loss safer.
Responding to Victims/Survivors of Domestic Abuse who are Blind or Partially Sighted Toolkit
This toolkit was created to improve the support received by
victim-survivors of domestic abuse across the UK who are Blind
or partially sighted.
Limiting long-term illness (LLTI) and disability: guidance for referrals
This resource is designed to help Maracs monitor and record referrals for disabled clients.
Responding to victims of domestic abuse with a visual impairment
Build your skills, knowledge and confidence. Improve your professional response and make victims of Domestic abuse with a visual impairment or who are registered blind safer.
New report reveals shocking scale of domestic abuse faced by blind and partially sighted people
Startling findings: 1 in 12 visually impaired people in UK believed to experience domestic abuse, according to SafeLives and Vision Foundation. Read full report here
Survey finds healthcare services are missing opportunities to support domestic abuse victims
Survey highlights overwhelming toll on physical and mental health for domestic abuse victims. London healthcare providers miss chances to help. Read the full report.
Understanding disabled women’s experiences of domestic abuse
Breaking down barriers: How intersectionality helps understand disabled women's experience of domestic abuse. Dr Ravi K. Thiara gives guidance for professionals and services.
Recognising and supporting disabled victims of domestic abuse
Why are Marac referral rates for disabled women so low? Ruth Bashall, Director of Stay Safe East, unpicks this discrepancy and gives guidance for professionals.