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Added Thursday, November 02, 2017 by Action Alliance

Power and Control Wheel: People with Disabilities and Their Care-givers

"Caregivers are called different things in different contexts. Caregivers, aides, personal assistants, attendants, staff, etc. Sometimes they also have more specific titles like LNA for Licensed Nursing Assistant. Regardless of how any of these terms are used outside of the disability world, every single one of them, in the context of disability, refers to someone with incredible amounts of power over disabled people." 

The Power and Control Wheel is a tool that helps explain the different ways an abusive partner can use power and control to manipulate a relationship. This wheel, produced and distributed by the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, highlights the ways in which caregivers can exert control over those in their care.

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