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Kids and mothers in our network co-opted by trafficking operations, in need of immediate assistance. Please volunteer and support @IntuitivePublicRadio. Contact @MaxMorris immediately for details. All skills, all experiences valued and requested. We can stop the violence together NOW. Thank you for reaching out to us right away.
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How do you extend acknowledgement and respect to people in your communities who are disallowed support from (or consistently harmed by) first responders, police, social services, and β€œmental health” resources?
I coordinate and volunteer in a resource network and knowledgebase by-and-for severely disabled survivors of human trafficking. 

Our approaches center trauma awareness and toxemia awareness as part of identifying the subtle early pathways that lead vulnerable families and individuals into circumstances of human trafficking and related violence.

We bridge people from different experiences and backgrounds, helping them learn to be fully present and to communicate effectively and respectfully with one another. 

Because we ensure we can successfully listen to, talk with, and understand survivors of human trafficking, including them in our spaces and honoring their contributions, we can therefore stop human trafficking before it begins in any of our environments and eliminate it where it otherwise exists.

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"Victims of human trafficking may develop disabilities from abuse at the hands of their traffickers, and individuals with disabilities may be targeted by traffickers because they are vulnerable. Many human trafficking task forces miss identifying this risk factor or fail to make provisions for people with disabilities. People with physical disabilities, cognitive or intellectual disabilities, sensory disabilities, and mental illnesses all need special attention and protection.

There are several factors that make people with disabilities vulnerable to trafficking.

People with disabilities often rely on others to meet their basic needs. These caregivers have opportunities to traffic them as a result.

People with disabilities may become submissive to their caregivers and comply with their caregivers’ wishes because they are so dependent upon them. This learned response makes the unequal power dynamic in relationship with a trafficker, even if the trafficker is abusive, seem normal.

People with disabilities may lead isolated lives and crave friendship and human connection. Because of this need, they may be persuaded to perform sexual acts if they are promised friendship or money as a reward. Isolation can also make it difficult or impossible for people with disabilities to make contact with people who could help them.

Some people with disabilities cannot speak clearly or require communication devices or interpreters to make their needs known, so they, also, cannot ask for help.

Because of the level of touching that accompanies intimate care and medical procedures, people with disabilities can become desensitized to touch and/or may be unsure about whether they have the right to object to and report unwanted touch, sexual abuse, and sexual acts. They lack information about and understanding of what constitutes a crime and what their rights are as victims of crimes. This is also true of trafficked workers.

People with disabilities may not be believed if they report abuse and violence. If they are believed and their cases are prosecuted, their abusers may be given shorter sentences than abusers of able-bodied people. Task forces should promote awareness of these trends when training service providers, police, prosecutors, and judges."

https://www.ovcttac.gov/taskforceguide/eguide/4-supporting-victims/45-victim-populations/victims-with-physical-cognitive-or-emotional-disabilities

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