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Menstrual management: the mother's perspective
- Authors:
- CARLSON Glenys, WILSON Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(1), 1994, pp.51-63.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports the findings of an Australian survey of 30 young women with learning disabilities and high support needs. Analysis of interview data suggested that although menstrual suppression or elimination was often preferred, parental decision-making appeared to be occurring without access to practical support or comprehensive information. Concludes that service provision organisations need to make available information and practical support to young women, their families, and staff members, in the areas of menstrual and fertility management.
Social comparisons, stigma and mainstreaming: the self-esteem of young adults with a mild mental handicap
- Author:
- SZIVOS-BACH Susan E.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(3), 1993, pp.217-236.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
As people with mental handicaps are increasingly being expected to use community resources, stigma has often become an important component of their subjective experience. Both stigma and social comparisons help to define the person's status in a 'normal' reference group, and are important antecedents of the individual's self-esteem. A study of 50 young adults with a mild mental handicap yielded discrepancy scores between the way they saw themselves and others, and revealed their perceptions of stigma and their aspirations for their lives.