Child Abuse Intentional acts that result in physical and emotional harm to children is child abuse. Child abuse covers a wide range of behaviour, from actual physical assault by parents who neglect the child’s basic needs. It is a silent crime which occurs in all income, racial, religious, and ethnic groups and in urban or rural communities. It can be a parent, guardian, paid caregiver, or sibling. The children with disabilities are at a higher risk of child abuse There are several different types of child abuse, and some children experience more than one form. Sexual abuse occurs when the adults use children’s for sexual satisfaction or expose them to sexual activities. It may also begin with kissing and it may lead to more invasive sexual act, like oral sex and vaginal or anal penetration. Emotional abuse destroys a child’s self-esteem. It is commonly verbal abuse of a child in the form of shouting. threats, and degrading criticism. Other types of emotional abuse can be shutting a child in the dark closet, and social isolation such as denying a child friends. Physical Abuse Physical abuse includes deliberate acts of violence that can injure or kill a child. The signs of physical abuse can be the unexplained bruises, broken bones, or the burn marks. Some parents feel they physically need to punish or discipline the child and they think what they are doing is good for the child. Physical abuse usually leaves the child with a permanent disability. For example, leaving the child deaf, become paraplegic or have brain or spinal cord