9. Intellectual Disability and War: Issues for Consideration

Highlighting the need for further research, this paper offers a preliminary review of the available information and data regarding the involvement of people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) in armed conflict.

Literature searches reveal a paucity of information, with most statistics relating to disabilities which are caused by war, rather than the effects of war on people with pre-existing disabilities. The specific ways in which people with IDs may be vulnerable during war are outlined, as well as the ways in which they have been actively involved.

Paper by Samuel Grove, Nicola Grove, and Ted Myerscough.

In Journal on Developmental Disabilities: http://www.oadd.org/docs/41006_JoDD_16-1_85-93_Grove_et_al_v6f.pdf