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Sex, relationships and the law for people with learning disability
- Authors:
- HALL Ian, YACOUB Evan
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 2(2), June 2008, pp.19-24.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article reviews the policy, legislation and literature on sex and relationships for people with learning disability, through a search of electronic databases, journals and other resources. It reviews the rights of people with learning disabilities to a sexual life and their views of service responses, sexual offences legislation and the link between sexual knowledge and practice. It also explores sexual orientation and preference among people with learning disabilities, differences between the genders and sexual offending, including consideration of 'victimless' offences. It concludes that the balance between empowering and protecting people with learning disabilities is challenging but important.