"Sex abuse against people with disabilities is widespread — and hard to uncover" PBS NewsHour 1/17/2018
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SUMMARY: People with developmental disabilities become victims of sexual assault at a rate seven times higher than those without disabilities, according to a Justice Department figured uncovered by a year-long NPR investigation. Judy Woodruff sits down with NPR’s Joseph Shapiro and Nancy Thaler from the Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs, to discuss why the problem has received little attention.





