According to the definition of the World Health Organization, a "child with a disability" is a child who, without special relief or external assistance, is completely, long-term or largely incapable of participating in a group of well-developed and healthy peers ". The World Health Organization lists the following groups of people with disabilities: with mental retardation, with visual impairment, with disabilities in communication, with organically handicaps, with intellectual disabilities, with emotional disabilities, with external defects, with internal defects, with problems related to the processes of aging of the organism. People with disabilities, including children, are often victims of sex offenders. There exists a greater risk of becoming a victim of violence among children with disabilities in comparison to young people without disabilities. For pedophiles, children with disabilities are particularly defenseless victims. Data from the literature confirm these observations and indicate that in the group of victims of sexual offenders, there are both intellectually and somatically disabled children. It is important to know the symptoms of sexual violence and to know how to deal with a child – victim of a crime, which is particularly difficult among children with disabilities. One of these symptoms is eating disorders. Many aspects of children’s sexuality are not fully studied. We need to improve health care covering aspects of the sexuality of disabled people with sensitivity to the problem of sexual violence. The creation of preventive programs is an expression of the progress of medicine and seems to be necessary.

Key words: disability, sexual crimes, children.