The Mon Parcours Handicap website is launching a new section entitled “Prevention of violence” in order to give people with disabilities and their loved ones the keys to identifying and reporting cases of violence.
- People with disabilities are more likely to be victims of physical, sexual and verbal violence (source: Insee 2021).
- The official Mon Parcours Handicap website is launching a new section entitled “Prevention of violence”.
- The new section presents concrete measures to take action against all forms of violence against people with disabilities.
A 2021 INSEE study revealed that adults with disabilities are more often victims of physical, sexual and verbal violence: 7.3% have suffered physical or sexual violence, as many have been exposed to threats and 15.3% to insults, compared to respectively 5.1%, 5.8% and 14.1% among the rest of the population. To combat this alarming situation, the site My Disability Journey has a “Violence Prevention” section.
Disability: a section to fight against violence
Section “Prevention of violence” from the siteu Public service dedicated to autonomy was launched in connection with the National Strategy to Combat Abuse. Its objective is to raise awareness among health professionals, caregivers and people with disabilities of this risk as well as to help them identify and report violence.
The section brings together useful resources for witnesses and victims of violence: telephone numbers, listening platforms, websites or associations, etc. It also specifies the right reflexes to adopt when faced with an emergency situation, whether you are a witness or victim.
Furthermore, it highlights key players and systems for:
- obtain legal help, including free contact with professionals: lawyers and jurists;
- benefit from medical help and/or psychological support;
- report online violence and cyberharassment;
- be supported in the face of domestic or sexual violence, in particular by the INTIMAGIR resource centers which can support and direct you to competent professionals.
A section co-constructed with people with disabilities
The design of “Prevention of violence” was initiated by the General Secretariat of the Interministerial Disability Committee (CIH) and complements the section “Intimate life, consent and parenthood” put online in 2023. “This section was constructed in collaboration with representatives of the Interministerial Mission for the Protection of Women against Violence and the Fight against Human Trafficking (MIPROF), Regional Health Agencies, INTIMAGIR Resource Centers, Family Planning , the Handigynéco system, the association of life victims (FNATH), the French-speaking association of autistic women (AFFA), the association Femmes pour le Dire, Femmes pour Agir (FDFA), the association Friends of Romy, together to protect our children against sexual violence…”specifies the press release.
People with disabilities, from the site’s community, were also involved in the design of its content.
“The prevention of violence, whatever it may be, is essential. Once we experience violence, it impacts our integrity and our personal development. All violence creates trauma and leaves after-effects: anxiety, social phobias, sleep problems, hypervigilance; all the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. It is essential to act before this violence occurs.recalls Marie Rabatel, Violence and Disability expert with the Ministry of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games during the launch of the new section.
