On this #SurvivorStories series en(gender)ed podcast episode, our guest is Nicole Lee, a survivor, social worker, and disability rights advocate.  Nicole lived with her abuser husband for 10 years until 2014, when she left him.  We speak with Nicole today about her experience as a rape and coercive control survivor, how her disability increased her vulnerability and reliance on her abuser for caretaking, and what other survivors with disabilities can do to help craft and navigate a path out of abuse while minimizing risk of harm.  Throughout our conversation, we ask Nicole to share #abusertactics, #signsofabuse, and #upstandertips.

During our conversation, Nicole and I referenced the following resources and topics:

• Australia’s former law of “provocation” which blamed victims for causing their own assault and murder
• How abusers weaponize the criminal justice system against survivors in order to gain an advantage and discredit abuse by creating a false equivalence
• Nicole’s own process of healing

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