Theresa McIntosh


A Legacy Born from Domestic Violence


I met Theresa a few ago, we were both


speakers for a Child Abuse event in New York. We connected instantly and became firm friends. We chatted about England, as she came from Northumbria, I from Yorkshire, and our pasts of surviving Domestic Violence. I loved Theresa, she had strength and


soul, devastated when I heard the news one day that she had passed away. As a survivor, she left a legacy behind her. She had been founder of Barrier Free


Living's Speakers Bureau, a member of Voices of Women, a Mayoral Appointee for Domestic Violence, a member of Safe Horizon Domestic Violence Advisory Committee, member of Best Practices Committee of the New York Coalition of Domestic Violence Residential Service Providers. She campaigned for Freedom House and Barrier Free Living for the disabled.


PHF Magazine October 2016


Theresa had always wanted to tell her story, she had joked about writing a book and sent a brief summary of her life story to me, it was amazing how she had not only survived Domestic Violence but also a car accident! I told her one day I would share it. In honor of both Theresa McIntosh and October's Domestic Violence Awareness Month, here is Theresa's story of survival through domestic violence, prejudice and disability, in memoriam.


*Photos courtesy of BFLNY.org & ClaireCappetta


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