People With Disabilities

Ability:IMPACT

Empowering People with Disabilities & Communities to Prevent Abuse

IMPACT is committed to creating safe and healthy communities for people of all abilities. Ability:IMPACT is a comprehensive, organization-wide approach to abuse prevention. It combines changes in official policies with efforts to create an organizational culture that challenges abuse and bullying while supporting self-advocacy, choice, and healthy sexuality.

Ability:IMPACT Components:

• Official policies that protect people who report suspected abuse, provide clear direction for how to respond to abuse reports, and clearly define safe and healthy interactions.
• Staff Training that helps teachers and service providers understand abuse, challenge potentially abusive behaviors, support the sexuality of people with disabilities, and provide personal care in a way that respects people’s bodies.
• Abuse Prevention Leadership Teams that support an organizational culture that prevents abuse.
• Self-Defense & Self-Advocacy Education for people with disabilities so they can be central to their own safety.

Our trainers are also available for stand-alone self-defense classes for people with disabilities or abuse prevention & response trainings for disability service providers and teachers.

Evaluation Research: The Effectiveness of Ability:IMPACT

• Journal of School Health Research Study
• Ability:IMPACT Organization Evaluation Report
• Focus Group Report

For more information call us at (617) 597-4945 or email us at info@impactboston.org