Meer, TaliaCombrinck, Helene2018-07-242018-07-242017Meer, T. & Combrinck, H. 2017. Help, harm or hinder? Non-governmental service providers' perspectives on families and gender-based violence against women with intellectual disabilities in South Africa. Disability & Society, 32(1):37-55. [https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2016.1269639]0968-75991360-0508 (Online)https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2016.1269639http://hdl.handle.net/10394/28752Through in-depth interviews with service providers from non-governmental organisations (n = 58), this article describes the intricacy of familial relationships for women with intellectual disabilities in South Africa who experience gender-based violence. The findings suggest that families navigate social stigma, limited resources and isolation, whilst trying to be vigilant against gender-based violence and disability-related violence, and respond to it as it happens. However, family members are also simultaneously implicated in violence perpetration. We suggest that a social relational model of disability could help account for these crucial intra-familial dynamics.enWomen with intellectual disabilitygender-based violencefamily caregiverssocial relational model of disabilitySouth AfricaArticle