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Supporting adults with learning disabilities to have positive sexual relationships: frontline briefing
- Authors:
- HARFLETT Naomi, GRIFFITHS Rachel
- Publisher:
- Research in Practice for Adults
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- Dartington
Adults with learning disabilities aspire to have intimate relationships as most people do, yet often describe feeling lonely. Practice has traditionally focused on ‘keeping people safe’ by limiting rather than encouraging relationships. This briefing focuses on how frontline social care practitioners can support people to have positive relationships and minimise the risk of exploitation. It provides an overview of evidence on the barriers to developing relationships for people with learning disabilities and explores how to enable adults with learning disabilities to define what they want and expect from a relationship. (Edited publisher abstract)