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Commentary: the internet, social media, relationships and sex
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 24(1), 2019, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use Bates’ paper as a springboard to consider the potential impact of the internet on the personal and intimate lives of people with learning disabilities including opportunities to gain support. Design/methodology/approach: Key literature is reviewed alongside the author’s experiences in working with people with learning disabilities on sexual issues. Findings: The literature prioritises internet safety for people with learning disabilities. There is limited attention to how people can be supported to use social media to enhance their social and/or sexual lives. Originality/value: The commentary challenges the reader to consider how the internet and social media can be used to help people with learning disabilities develop and maintain relationships including sexual relationships. (Edited publisher abstract)
Sexuality and learning disabilities: a handbook
- Editors:
- McCARTHY Michelle, THOMPSON David, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 171p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
The aim of this book is to serve as a guide for those who may be inexperienced in supporting people with learning disabilities with sexual issues. A number of authors share their direct experience and provide ideas on helping people with learning disabilities to find out about their bodies and sex. The focus is on what staff and family members can do themselves, but the writers also recommend specialist help where appropriate. The book is presented in a clear and accessible format, case examples are provided and chapters summarised in key points. Ideas for further reading and specialist organisations are included. Topics covered include; the law, masturbation, menstruation and menopause, profound learning disabilities, sexual opportunities, same sex and opposite sex relationships, pregnancy, sexual abuse, unacceptable sexual behaviour, and sex education.
The ethics of research with men who have learning disabilities and abusive sexual behaviour: a minefield in a vacuum
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(5), November 1997, pp.695-707.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In the wake of the recent awareness of the sexual abuse of people with learning disabilities is the recognition that a small number of men with learning disabilities are themselves sexually abusing. The need to understand the men's behaviour and provide effective responses is pressing yet the search for an ethical course of enquiry appears illusory. Explores in depth these dilemmas and describes the authors' attempts to resolve them as they attempted to devise a protocol for consent to involvement in a qualitative study of men with learning disabilities who sexually abuse.