Places and perpetrators of violence against people with disability in Australia - Fact Sheet No.5

<p>In Australia people with disability are more likely to experience violence* from someone they know than by a stranger. </p><p><br>This fact sheet is the final in a series on violence against people with disability in Australia and is based on current data for men and women aged 18-64 years. Data are sourced from the <i>Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016 Personal Safety Survey.</i> Data are based on reporting of individual’s most recent incident of violence. We recognise that not all people with disability are</p><p>represented in this survey and that experiences of violence are under-reported.</p><p><br></p><p>*Violence includes physical or sexual violence, emotional abuse, intimate partner violence, stalking and/or harassment.</p><p><br></p><p>The Violence and Disability Fact Sheets were produced by the team at the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH) and funded by the Melbourne Disability Institute. <br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><b>www.credh.org.au</b></p><p><br></p>