A 1992 survey by the Center for Research on Women with Disabilities made it clear that abuse is a serious problem for women with disabilities.

Source: CROWD

...Women with physical disabilities who responded to the survey experienced emotional, physical, or sexual abuse just as often as the women without disabilities who responded. 62 percent of the women with physical disabilities had experienced abuse at some time during their life, and 13 percent had experienced physical or sexual abuse during the year prior to the survey.

Women with physical disabilities reported being abused by spouses, live-in partners, other family members, people whom they were dating, health care professionals, and personal attendants....