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Statement on the Hiring of Peter Singer  - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2900/psai.html  Princeton University has hired a Professor of Bioethics who advocates killing disabled infants. Dr. Singer states that "Killing a disabled infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Very often, it is not wrong at all." This site has information and a petition.  Children Injured by Restraint and Aversives (CIBRA)  - http://users.1st.net/cibra/index.htm  A national/international support network for parents whose children (including adult children) have been traumatized, injured or killed by abusive behavior modification (ABA) and restraint .  Tribute to the Human Spirit  - http://www.geocities.com/lynni777/index.html  Our family's true story of how our learning disabled child was kidnapped, beaten, and injured while in the custody of Massachusetts D.S.S.  Deaf Abused Women Warriors Web Network (DAWWWN)  - http://deafdeb.tripod.com  Deaf Women reclaiming our lives and personal power through sharing. TTY hotlines and links.  Restraint Info Mailing List  - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RESTRAINT_INFO  Forum for reform to prevent injury and death from restraints used in schools, residential facilities and hospitals.  Disabled Abuse Resources  - http://www.vachss.com/help_text/disabled_abuse.html  Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help for and information about physical, sexual and mental abuse of disabled persons.  Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse (APANA)  - http://www.dinahm.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/  Aims to end routine prescribing and re-prescribing of neuroleptics for people on the autistic spectrum.  Das Centre - Violence and Abuse  - http://www.ualberta.ca/~jpdasddc/abuse/index.html  An electronic mail network on the topic of abuse & disability, and the Special Senate Committee on euthanasia and assisted suicide. (Canada)  Beyond Abuse: Treatment Approaches for People with Disabilities  - http://www.quuxuum.org/~greg/journal/focht_new.html  Discusses the abuse of people with developmental disabilities and makes recommendations for assessment, intervention and treatment of those abused.  All Walks Of Life - Home of STOP the violence to people with disabilities - The Dangers  - http://www.awol-texas.org/index.html  Prevention, response and research news on violence towards people with disabilities.  Impact: Issue on Violence Against Women with Developmental or Other Disabilities  - http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/133/default.html  Examines violence as it impacts women with developmental and other disabilities - what we know, what we don't know, and what needs to be done to prevent it and to help women recover from it.  Violence and Disabled Women, by Iglesias, M.; Gil, G.; Joneken, A.; Mickler, B.; Knudsen, J.S.  - http://www.independentliving.org/docs1/iglesiasetal1998.html  Paper from the METIS project, European Unión DAPHNE initiative.  Abuse and Women With Disabilities  - http://www.bcm.edu/crowd/abuse_women/abuse_women.html  Articles on prevalence of abuse, guidelines for physicians, access to shelters, and intervention.  Disability, Abuse & Personal Rights  - http://disability-abuse.com  Federally funded project for Disability, Abuse & Personal Rights education.