Violence against persons with disabilities (PWD) is a significant public health and human rights issue. Persons with disabilities represent over 15% of our world’s population, and are more likely to be disadvantaged across multiple domains, including poverty, unemployment, housing and neighbourhood instability, and lack of social support services. As such, they experience higher rates of violence and have less access to supports to mitigate the effects of such violence. Persons with disabilities have unique risk factors for experiencing violence, including social exclusion, reliance on others for assistance with activities of daily living, lack of economic independence due to long-standing ableism, and reduced supports for leaving abusive situations Substantial gaps in our understanding of violence in PWD remain, including how persons with diverse types of disabilities experience violence, forms of violence experienced by PWD (e.g. perpetrators, disability-related abuse, duration, severity), intersectionality as a perspective to guide our efforts in violence prevention, and measures and interventions that best address the needs of the disability community. Current limitations in the measurement and evidence base of violence among PWD limit the development and implementation of effective policies, interventions, and social support services to equitably serve this population.