Talk About Sexual Violence: Peer Advocates Talk
This video can be used in tandem with our self-advocate conversation guide to discuss sexual violence and support people with disabilities who have experienced it (also available in Spanish).
Talk About Sexual Violence: Phase Two Training Tools
/in Advocate, Chapter of The Arc, Criminal Justice Professionals, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSP, Victim Services ProfessionalsAll StatesCriminal justiceTraining/by Pam KatzThese tools can be used in tandem with our videos “How to Have the Conversation with Male Survivors”, “James Goes to the Doctor”, and “Peer Advocates Talk” to discuss sexual violence and support men who have experienced it.
Guide for Health Care Providers
This Guide is a companion piece that accompanies the Talk About Sexual Violence videos. Health care professionals can use this Guide, along with the PowerPoint slides and online resources, to learn about ways to talk about sexual violence with men who have IDD. It provides practical approaches health care professionals can use to create safe environments to openly talk about this topic.
Guide for Self-Advocates
This guide explains how to talk to your health care provider about sexual violence.
PowerPoint Slides
To be used in presentations.
Talk About Sexual Violence: James Goes to the Doctor
/in Advocate, Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Nonprofit professionals, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSP, Victim Services ProfessionalsAll StatesCriminal justiceVideo/by Pam KatzThis video can be used in tandem with our charts and other training tools to discuss sexual violence and support men who have experienced it.
Talk About Sexual Violence: How to Have the Conversation With Male Survivors
/in Advocate, Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSP, Victim Services ProfessionalsAll StatesCriminal justiceVideo/by Pam KatzThis video can be used in tandem with our charts and other training tools to discuss sexual violence and support men who have experienced it.
Talk About Sexual Violence: Phase Two Final Report
/in Advocate, Chapter of The Arc, Criminal Justice Professionals, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSP, Victim Services ProfessionalsAll StatesCriminal justiceReport/by Pam KatzAfter the release of videos and other materials created for the Talk About Sexual Violence project in 2017—which focused on women with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) who experience sexual violence—the project team was approached by males with IDD who are survivors of sexual assault about crimes perpetrated against them. People with IDD report that many health care providers are uneducated about how to interact with patients with disabilities and don’t know about their high risk of sexual violence. The problem is exacerbated when society leads men to believe that rape and sexual assault only happen to women, when in fact men, and especially men with IDD, are victimized at alarmingly high rates.
For this reason, in 2018 Talk About Sexual Violence turned its attention to specific challenges men with disabilities experience. It is critical that health care professionals and their patients talk openly about sexual violence prevention. Talk About Sexual Violence provides tools that help create a safe place to have these conversations.
Jenkins v. Alabama
/in Advocate, Chapter of The Arc, Criminal Justice Professionals, Law Enforcement/First Responders/Corrections, Legal Professionals, Nonprofit professionals, Victim Services ProfessionalsAlabamaCriminal justiceLitigation/by Pam KatzState: Alabama
Filed: September 27, 2019
Court: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Overview: The brief argued that Marc Jenkins, an individual with evidence indicating possible intellectual disability on death row in Alabama, should have the opportunity to present full evidence to prove his intellectual disability claim in an Atkins hearing.
Excerpt: “A death row inmate who claims that he has intellectual disability and therefore is exempt from execution under the Eighth Amendment, pursuant to the Supreme Court’s decision in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), should have the opportunity to develop an appropriate record in support of that claim when there is evidence of impairment that could be attributable to intellectual disability. That common-sense rule is grounded in principles of due process and fundamental fairness, taking into account the way Atkins fundamentally changed the legal context of intellectual disability evidence in capital cases. It also is grounded in clinical standards regarding the diagnosis of intellectual disability, which emphasize the importance of thorough evidence-gathering and clinical judgment.”
Case Documents
Undisclosed Podcast: State v. Rocky Myers – Episode 4: Of Mice and Men
/in Advocate, Chapter of The Arc, Criminal Justice Professionals, Law Enforcement/First Responders/Corrections, Legal Professionals, Nonprofit professionals, Victim Services ProfessionalsAll StatesCivil rights, Criminal justiceLitigation, Media/by Pam KatzThrough a review of Rocky Myers’ case in Alabama and a discussion with The Arc’s legal director, this episode explores the Supreme Court’s opinion in Atkins and later decisions holding that executing people with intellectual disability violates the constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Prisons as Institutions: An Overview of Challenges Facing Prisoners with IDD and Proposed Solutions Under the ADA and Other Disability Rights Laws (University of Minnesota Impact Magazine, 2017)
/in Advocate, Chapter of The Arc, Criminal Justice Professionals, Family member, Law Enforcement/First Responders/Corrections, Legal Professionals, Nonprofit professionals, Service provider / DSP, Victim Services ProfessionalsAll StatesCivil rights, Criminal justiceMedia/by Pam KatzIndividuals with IDD are dramatically over-represented in prisons and jails and face unique barriers. Powerful laws exist to protect them, but prisoners need accessible resources to assist them in advocating for their rights. This article explores recommendations to ensure equity for prisoners with IDD.
Using the ADA’s ‘Integration Mandate’ to Disrupt Mass Incarceration (Denver Law Review, 2019)
/in Advocate, Chapter of The Arc, Criminal Justice Professionals, Family member, Law Enforcement/First Responders/Corrections, Legal Professionals, Nonprofit professionals, Service provider / DSP, Victim Services ProfessionalsAll StatesCivil rights, Community-based LTSS, Criminal justiceLitigation/by Pam KatzThis document explores how advocates have used, and are beginning to use in new ways, the “integration mandate” of the Americans with Disabilities Act to advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities to avoid unnecessary entanglement with the criminal justice system.
Talk About Sexual Violence: Charts
/in Advocate, Criminal Justice Professionals, Service provider / DSP, Victim Services ProfessionalsAll StatesCriminal justiceTraining/by The ArcThese charts can be used in tandem with our training videos and training tools (for women and for men).
Body Parts Chart: Female
Body Parts Chart: Male
Word Chart: Female
Word Chart: Male
Expressions Chart
Crimes Against People with Disabilities Chart
Offender Relationship Chart
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