Risk in Context
People with Disabilities

The Risk in Context series supports practitioners to apply an intersectional lens when undertaking MARAM risk assessment, recognising that evidence-based risk factors may present or be experienced differently across diverse communities.

This guide provides practitioners with insights, research and guiding practice questions to deepen understanding, enhance their practice and strengthen family violence risk assessment practice for people with disabilities.

Designed for practitioners working at the Intermediate and Comprehensive MARAM Responsibility Levels, this resource provides practical examples and guiding questions to inform Structured Professional Judgement, contextualising key evidence-based risk factors for victim survivors with disabilities.

The guide works in conjunction with the existing Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) tools and resources and with other guides in the Risk in Context series. It is designed to be used as part of a broader practice approach and is intended to deepen practitioners’ application of MARAM risk assessment rather than replace or stand apart from it.

Underpinning the guide is a commitment to intersectionality, recognising that for people with disabilities, their experiences of family violence are shaped by the intersection of multiple identities and systems of oppression including ableism, cisnormativity, racism, colonialism and other forms of oppression.

Safe and Equal would like to thank Women with Disabilities Victoria for their invaluable contribution to this development of the resource.