Sexual abuse findings were not surprising

IT does not surprise me that a report compiled by psychologists at St Michael’s House ‘discovered’ a very worrying degree of sexual abuse of intellectually disabled people (Irish Examiner, July 19).

I am an Irishwoman living and working in the UK and a specialist who trains professionals on abuse of disabled people. I have known for 20 years that disabled people are four times more likely to be sexually abused.

I have done extensive training in Ireland on the abuse of learning disabled adults in two Irish organisations.