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Sexuality and relationships in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities : standing in my shoes edited by Rohhss Chapman, Sue Ledger and Louise Townson, with Daniel Docherty.

By: Chapman, Rohhss.
Contributor(s): Mink, Lee-Ann [author] | Hreinsdottor, Eyglo Ebba [author] | Minogue, Ger [author] | Tsuda, Eiji [author] | Lane, Claire Azzopardi [author] | Bigby, Christine [author].
Publisher: London ; Jessice Kingsley Publishers 2015Description: 320 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781849052504 (alk. paper); 1849052506 (alk. paper).Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | SEXUALITY | RELATIONSHIPS | SEX INFORMATION | LEGAL ISSUES | EXPERIENCES
Contents:
PART I THE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Stories from around the globe. - 3. Intimacy and opression : a historical perspective. - 4. Ebba and Jonni : this is our story. - 5. "I would have broken the law several times..." Reflecting on the Criminal Law Sexual Offences Act (1993) in the Republic of Ireland. - 6. "Once in six weeks? That's not a relationship!" - 7. The paradox of intimacy in Japan. - 8. The Maltese odyssey : issues of sexuality and parenting for people with intellectual disability. - 9. "Molly is just like me" : peer education and life stories in sexuality programmes in Australia. - 10. Emerging themes from Part 1.- PART 2 A UK EXPERIENCE. - 11. Law, policy and diversity : exploring the gap between rhetoric and real life. - 12. Promoting sexualities and protecting from abuse. - 13. "Far more people were able to have sex lives" ; sexual relationships and reproductive control in learning disability institutions. - 14. "This is my time, my life, the way I am" : experiences of being transgendered in a rural setting. - 15. Clare's story : gay women might need a rainbow fairy group. - 16. Good as you 2 (GAY2). - 17. Experiences related to ethnicity and diversity. - 18. The final frontier : young people with learning difficulties and sex education. - 19. Intellectually disabled men talking about their views on women, relationships and sex. 20. Intellectually disabled peopple who sell or who are sold for sex in the UK. - 21. Working in partnership : the editor's story. - 22. Emerging themes from Part 2. - 23. Re-visiting the research questions and recommendations. - Appendices.
Summary: "Wide-ranging, authoritative and grounded in the expertise of people with intellectual disabilities, this book offers an authentic account of the challenges those with intellectual disabilities face in their relationships and sex lives across the globe and explores what society needs to do to respect their rights." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE
List(s) this item appears in: Healthy relationships for all ages May 2022
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I THE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Stories from around the globe. - 3. Intimacy and opression : a historical perspective. - 4. Ebba and Jonni : this is our story. - 5. "I would have broken the law several times..." Reflecting on the Criminal Law Sexual Offences Act (1993) in the Republic of Ireland. - 6. "Once in six weeks? That's not a relationship!" - 7. The paradox of intimacy in Japan. - 8. The Maltese odyssey : issues of sexuality and parenting for people with intellectual disability. - 9. "Molly is just like me" : peer education and life stories in sexuality programmes in Australia. - 10. Emerging themes from Part 1.- PART 2 A UK EXPERIENCE. - 11. Law, policy and diversity : exploring the gap between rhetoric and real life. - 12. Promoting sexualities and protecting from abuse. - 13. "Far more people were able to have sex lives" ; sexual relationships and reproductive control in learning disability institutions. - 14. "This is my time, my life, the way I am" : experiences of being transgendered in a rural setting. - 15. Clare's story : gay women might need a rainbow fairy group. - 16. Good as you 2 (GAY2). - 17. Experiences related to ethnicity and diversity. - 18. The final frontier : young people with learning difficulties and sex education. - 19. Intellectually disabled men talking about their views on women, relationships and sex. 20. Intellectually disabled peopple who sell or who are sold for sex in the UK. - 21. Working in partnership : the editor's story. - 22. Emerging themes from Part 2. - 23. Re-visiting the research questions and recommendations. - Appendices.

"Wide-ranging, authoritative and grounded in the expertise of people with intellectual disabilities, this book offers an authentic account of the challenges those with intellectual disabilities face in their relationships and sex lives across the globe and explores what society needs to do to respect their rights." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE

Patron comment on 10/08/2016

This is a fantastic book with really insightful "stories" from people with disability, followed up with discussion about how experiences have been shaped and policy/practice implications for the future. Aimed at professionals. I wish I had my own copy.

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