Theorizing disability in child protection: applying critical disability studies to the elevated risk of abuse for disabled children

The assumption that addressing disability-related child protection risks is the preserve of child protection academics, is perhaps the basis of the dearth of theoretical papers emerging from disability studies, on what is an intercontinental and evidently substantial problem for disabled children and their families. Disabled children are over-represented in their contact with child protection professionals, and in their likelihood of availing of...