Adults With Disabilities More Likely To Be Abused Than Non-Disabled Adults: STUDY - Huffington Post

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[**Adults With **Disabilities** More Likely To Be Abused Than Non-Disabled Adults: STUDY**][3]
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Adults with **disabilities** are at a higher risk of getting physically and sexually abused than than non-disabled adults, a new study published by the Lancet concluded. People with mental illness are about four times more likely -- and people with **...**
[Mentally ill 'often victims of violence'][4]NHS Choices
[Disabled adults at greater risk of violence][5]OnMedica
[Mentally ill 'at high risk of being victim of violence'][6]BBC News
[Health.com][7] -[Netdoctor][8]
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