Leigh Ann Davis, Director of Criminal Justice Initiatives, Director of The Arc’s National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability® (NCCJD®), The Arc of the United States
James Meadours, Civil Rights and Sexual Assault Prevention Activist
Mark Starford, Educator and Training Development Director, The Board Resource Center (BRC)
Kecia Weller, Abuse Prevention Advocate, The National Center on Criminal Justice and Disabilities, The Arc of the United States
The Arc’s National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability will share information about projects they are working on related to violence prevention, including hearing from survivors with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) about the urgency of addressing this topic at the national, state and local level. Information about the range of abuse and neglect people with IDD experience will be discussed, including the aging population. National data on victimization will be shared. Talk About Sexual Violence will also be highlighted, a three-year project seeking to educate health care professionals about how to talk to patients with IDD about sexual violence using brief videos and supporting materials. The impact of trauma on people with IDD and the need for accessible and effective healing services will also be discussed.
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Healthy Brain Webinar Series is presented by the HealthMatters Program (https://www.healthmattersprogram.org), Department of Disability and Human Development, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago in partnership with National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices (NTG) and is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, The Healthy Brain Initiative Award #1 NU58DP006782-01-00 supported the development of this website. Contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views of CDC.
