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Sex and relationships for people with learning disabilities: a challenge for parents and professionals
- Author:
- GARBUTT Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 5(2), October 2008, pp.267-276.
- Publisher:
- South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust and University of Huddersfield
This paper considers some of the issues around sex and relationships for people with learning disabilities. It is essentially a discussion paper, highlighting previous research, and information about the rights of people with learning disabilities to have sex and relationships. It particularly focuses on concerns for parents and some implications for professional practice that have arisen from a research project that is trying to find out more about the issues. The main messages coming from parents within the research project is that there is a need for clear, concise information about sex and relationships for young people with learning disabilities and there is also a need for professionals to give parents more support.
The project: sex and relationships
- Author:
- GARBUTT Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 9(4), June 2009, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article reports on a project to improve sex and relationship education for people with learning disabilities. The project was run by CHANGE, a national organisation that fights for the rights of people with learning disabilities, in association with Leeds University. Research tasks included: interviews with parents of young people with learning disabilities; focus groups with teachers and governors; a national survey of special schools; weekly drama sessions with young people over a two year period. Key findings were that there is a lack of accessible information for young people with learning disabilities. Parents had not been provided with information to support them in tackling the issue. Schools and parents are not working well together on sex education. Teachers do not know where to get relevant resources and many lack confidence in the issue. The article concludes with a number of recommendations for young people, parents and professionals.