One in 3 girls is sexually abused before the age of 18.

One in 5 boys is sexually abused before the age of 18.

Did You Know?.....

1) There are more people in the US effected by childhood sexual abuse (60,000,000 plus) than there are people afflicted with HIV/AIDS and Diabetes COMBINED (25,450,000).

2) Heart disease, stroke, and lung disease are three of the top 5 inflictions in the United States. The COMBINED total of those living with these inflictions is 39.2 million.

3) The number of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the US alone (60,000,000 plus) surpasses the number of people in America who have been diagnosed with all forms of cancer (45,820,000)!

4) There is more being done to treat the 40 million plus Americans with arthritis than for the 60 million adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the United States.

5) Experiences in childhood define the adult! Only in the first decade of a child's life does the brain form trillions of connections that lay the groundwork for their adult skill set and their emotional responses to the world around them. When the brain experiences trauma and stress (such as sexual abuse) hormones are released, the brain becomes "worn out" and these connections start to fail.

These statistics mean......

You know a survivor of childhood sexual abuse,

You know an abuser

and

You probably know more than one of each!

Survivors; together we can start to shed light and understanding on how the violation altered our human development and how we can support future generations of children who seek a journey to recovery.