Tomorrow evening, ESPN’s excellent E:60 program will do a piece on Invisible Victims: According to experts, children with disabilities are three times more likely than children without them to be victims of sexual abuse. And when the disability is mental rather than physical – meaning the disability is not immediately visible – the cases are…
Why People Deny Childhood Trauma and Its Results tags: CA The high cost of negligence tags: CA 20 Signs of Unresolved Trauma tags: CA Myth Madness: ‘The Therapist Will Confirm My Worst Fear(s)’ tags: CA Vandy O-line coach stepping up for Our Kids tags: CA Sports Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links…
Recently UK newspaper The Guardian covered the aftermath of the Elizabeth Smart case. That article is here.
On Sunday 13th October the UK’s Mail on Sunday, sister paper to the Daily Mail, uncovered the search failure of UK bookseller WH Smith’s weak search filter. Searching on the word “Daddy” brought up erotica titles together with the children’s books on the same screen, causing a shutdown and removal of the books from the…
Adrian Peterson’s 2-year-old son dies after assault: report This is just so shocking, and sad. Proof that child abuse can happen anywhere, and even being a pro athlete doesn’t protect your kids from abusers. tags: Sports CA Royal Commission into child sex abuse prompts partners to speak out tags: CA NFL won’t let Brandon Marshall…
Over at the Psych Central website, they’ve started up a blog party in support of World Mental Health Day, World Mental Health Day is promoted by the World Health Organization to help raise awareness about mental health issues. The day promotes open discussion of mental disorders, and what the world’s governments and health organizations are…
