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Warning: health choices can kill
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, KEYWOOD Kirsty, FOVARGUE Sara
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 5(1), February 2003, pp.30-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The White Paper 'Valuing people' is shaped by the principles of legal and civil rights, independence, choice and inclusion. This article argues that in matters of health that are not within the experiences of adults with learning difficulties, a duty of care should override choice.
Supported to be sexual? Developing sexual rights for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- KEYWOOD Kirsty
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 8(3), July 2003, pp.30-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This discussion paper explores criminal law reform proposals on the law relating to sexual offences and illustrates the current tension between sexual empowerment and protection of people with learning disabilities from sexual violence. It suggests that law's response to the sexuality of people with learning disabilities, evidenced by the Sexual Offences Bill now before Parliament, will be inadequate as long as it is characterised as choosing between protection and empowerment. Argues that an alternative conception of sexual rights can provide a fuller and more persuasive account of the sexuality of men and women with learning disabilities.