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Abuse and Women with Disabilities  - http://www.vaw.umn.edu/Vawnet/disab.htm  VAWnet is a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. An article on the abuse of women, particularly those with disabilities.  The Zero  - http://www.vachss.com/help_text/elder_abuse.html  Listings of and links to agencies, organizations and websites to find help for and information about violence and abuse against disabled persons and the elderly.  Family Violence and People with a Mental Handicap  - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence/html/fvmentaleng.html  An article that brings attention to the abuse, in the family or institutional setting, of persons with mental handicaps.  Facts on Violence and Persons With Mental Illness  - http://www.healthieryou.com/vvmi.html  A Voices VS Violence fact sheet on violence against those suffering mental illness.  All Walks Of Life - Home of STOP the violence to people with disabilities  - http://www.awol-texas.org  Presentations, data, prevention material, and advocacy on violence to people with disabilities.  Bronx Independent Living Services  - http://www.bils.org  Nonprofit community based advocacy and resource center for disabled vicitms of domestic violence, abuse, and crime.