Adults Surviving Child Abuse
Kirribilli 2061
Australia
About
ASCA provides professional support, education and training programs, as well as a trauma-informed approach to care to improve the lives of adults abused as children. It also advocates nationally for the often complex needs of trauma survivors to be better met.
Every year on Forget-me-knot Day, ASCA asks all Australians to unite in support of adult survivors of childhood trauma.
ASCA's long-term strategy is to ensure that all Australian adult survivors of all forms of child abuse and neglect will be able to access the specific services they need to ensure health, well-being and meaningful engagement in their communities
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What is physical abuse?
Physical abuse has been an aspect of domestic life in Australia for a long time. Physical assaults that would be serious criminal offenses if committed by one man against another - for instance, hitting, slapping,…
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What are the symptoms of sexual abuse in a child?
Sexually abused children exhibit a range of behaviours, including:
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What is sexual abuse?
Sexual abuse describes any incident in which an adult engages a minor in a sexual act, or exposes the minor to inappropriate sexual behaviour or material. Sexual abuse also describes any incident in which a…
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How does abuse affect a person?
A history of child abuse and neglect can impact on an adult's quality of life in fundamental ways. It can make basic day-to-day activities such as eating, sleeping, working and study, very difficult. Child abuse…
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What do I do if nobody believes that I have been abused?
It is a very distressing experience to be disbelieved when you have had the courage to speak up about what has happened to you. Having your experience invalidated in this way is a secondary trauma…
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