geekysciencemom:

From Parenting Autistic Children with Love & Acceptance

“Compliance based therapies such as ABA leave Autistic adults and children vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.”

“More than ninety percent (90%) of people (both male and female) with developmental disabilities will experience sexual abuse at some point in their lives. Forty-nine percent (49%) will experience ten or more abuse incidents. (Valenti-Hein, D. & Schwartz, L. (1995). The Sexual Abuse …Interview for Those with Developmental Disabilities. James Stanfield Company. Santa Barbara: California)”

*edited to add more accurate, and sadly, even HIGHER statistics of abuse rates.

“A report by vera.org in reference to the sexual abuse of developmentally disabled children (this report only studies the abuse of children. However, the long term effects of compliance based training leaving Disabled people susceptible to abuse extend well into adulthood): “

http://www.vera.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/sexual-abuse-of-children-with-disabilities-national-snapshot.pdf

Findings of a survey from The Disability & Abuse Project (adults & children):

http://disability-abuse.com/survey/findings.pdf

Prevalence of Violence against Disabled individuals:

http://www.mass.gov/dppc/abuse-recognize/prevalence-of-violence.html

“Forced compliance training leaves developmentally disabled people at risk. Is it a risk you are willing to take with your child?”

Image: Yellow text reads: “If you know the stats on sexual abuse of developmentally disabled people & still continue with a compliance based program, you are grooming your child for future abuse.” on green textured background.