This ground-breaking book brings together interdisciplinary and global perspectives of violence and protection (from researchers, practitioners and survivors), and takes a life-course approach to explore these issues in relation to disabled females in childhood, adulthood and older life.

Sonali Shah graduated with a PhD in Occupational Psychology and Disability in 2002. Since then she has developed a series of innovative projects, supported by prestigious awards and university fellowships on disability issues, human rights and social change. She is author of 3 research monographs and 12 journal articles. Sonali has grown up as a British Indian disabled woman.

Caroline Bradbury-Jones is a registered nurse, midwife and health visitor. She holds a position as Reader in Nursing at the University of Birmingham, UK where she leads the Risk, Abuse and Violence Research Programme. Her research focuses primarily on violence against women and girls. Her funded research has included the study of access to maternity services for disabled women who have experienced intimate partner violence.

List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors. Introduction: the context of the book (Sonali Shah and Caroline Bradbury-Jones). Part I: Childhood: Chapter 1: Indigenous mothering and disabled children in regional Australia: a narrative study (Karen Soldatic); Chapter 2: Disclosure of abuse by disabled children: an emergent international model of telling, listening and acting (Christine Jones and Julie Taylor); Chapter 3: Forced marriage and Black Minority Ethnic survivors with learning difficulties in Scotland (Ashley Thompson and Mridul Wadhwa). Part 2: Adulthood: Chapter 4: Creating safer spaces for the empowerment of self-identified disabled women: Reflecting on a study from Iceland (Freyja Haraldsdóttir); Chapter 5: Malaysian disabled women's experiences of healthcare settings: a qualitative study (Aizan Sofia Amin); Chapter 6: Negotiating violence in contexts of poverty in South Africa: an empirical study of disabled women's stories (Theresa Lorenzo and Harsha Kathard); Chapter 7: Fear at home: surviving a quiet black British sexual abuse (Lois Llewellyn). Part 3: Older life: Chapter 8: Elder abuse, ageing and disability: a critical discussion (Bridgit Penhale); Chapter 9: Violation of human rights and elder abuse among older persons with disabilities: a policy review from Europe (Anne-Sophie Parent, AGE Platform Europe). Conclusion: reflections of the editors (Caroline Bradbury-Jones and Sonali Shah). Index