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Lonely hearts need a helping hand
- Authors:
- CARSON Iain, BLYTH Craig
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 10(2), April 2009, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
A research study into the support people with learning disabilities need to develop and sustain friendships and personal relationships is described. Data was collected via group and individual interviews with 58 men who identified as having learning disabilities. The findings are summarised under the headings of: developing and sustaining friendships; sex and romantic relationships; and support. Recommendations for action are provided.
The sexual lives of men with mild learning disability: a qualitative study
- Authors:
- YACOUB Evan, HALL Ian
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37(1), March 2009, pp.5-11.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study aimed to explore the sexual lives and behaviour of men with mild learning disabilities living both in community and in secure hospital settings. Narrative interviews that focused on areas such as relationships, sex education, contraception and the attitudes of others towards the participants' sexual lives and orientation were used. Several clients reported engaging in unsafe practices despite being aware of the risks. Participants generally felt that services had shifted from a paternalistic to a more supportive approach towards their sexual lives and orientation. Experiences with other men were commonly reported. Several participants reported being pressurised into sex as adults. In the sample, sexual knowledge did not lead to safe sexual practices. The good rapport with services reported by the participants may be utilised to provide further education and empowerment to improve the safety of sexual practices in this group. Other ways of improved service delivery are suggested.
'I count myself as normal, well, not normal, but normal enough' men with learning disabilities tell their stories about sexuality and sexual identity
- Author:
- WHEELER Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 12(1), January 2007, pp.16-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This study sought to explore how a group of men with learning disabilities in South Wales experienced their sexuality and sexual identity, using and interpretative phenomenological analysis. If found that, although the participants saw themselves as sexual beings, their opportunities for expressing their sexuality were often limited and controlled by others. It also found that the participants saw themselves more in terms of their 'differences' from other men than of their similarities. Recommendations for changes in practice and policy that many facilitate the appropriate expression of sexuality by men with learning disabilities are made.
Loving each other safely
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Shelia, BAILEY Helen, UPTON Jason
- Publisher:
- RCPsych Publications
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- London
One of the Books Beyond Words series, this book aims to help young men with learning disabilities understand their own sexuality, choose what to do in a steady relationship and know how to stay healthy. The book has advice on safer sex and a list of resources and places to go for help. It uses pictures to tell the story of Ed as he gets a girlfriend and the of advice he needs they grow closer and decide they want to have sex.
Gender identity, cross dressing and gender reassignment and people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- WILSON Daniel
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 11(2), April 2006, pp.4-11.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article addresses the question of gender and identity in relation to a number of considerations for supporting men with learning disabilities who cross-dress, or want gender reassignment. Drawing on practice experiences, the article identifies a number of issues which will need to be considered when working on these topics, and presents a model for taking forward work with staff and service users.
Not such an 'ordinary' relationship: the role of women support staff in relation to men with learning disabilities who have difficult sexual behavior
- Authors:
- THOMPSON David, CLARE Isabel, BROWN Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(4), September 1997, pp.573-592.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Brings together preliminary data on the management of men with learning disabilities who have unacceptable/abusive sexual behaviour patterns with a small pilot study which specifically explores the roles of women support workers in relation to difficult sexual behaviour. The studies explore with staff the boundaries of what is considered acceptable sexual behaviour and how breaches of these are responded to within services.
Sexual experience and sexual identity for men with learning disabilities who have sex with men
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Changes an International Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 12(4), December 1994, pp.254-263.
For the past five years the author has worked on a one-to-one basis with over 100 men with learning disabilities. They have been referred for general sex education but more often to address a specific need, for example, sexual abuse or HIV prevention. Describes the approach to working with these clients.
A rights approach to supporting the sexual fetish of a man with learning disability: method, process and applied learning
- Author:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41(4), 2013, pp.259-265.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper reports on a psycho-educational intervention associated with the sexual fetish of a man with mild learning disability and autism which centred on his use of nappies and baby paraphernalia. It outlines the nature and expression of his sexual fetish and the risks perceived to be associated with it and describes the approach developed to support him, including the aims which underpinned the work and the methods and processes employed. It was found that a person-centred psycho-educational approach from a rights based perspective achieved important changes in his life and self-esteem and helped challenge assumptions about his sexual risk. The paper also reflects on the organisational location of this work and identifies the applied learning for supporting the sexual fetish of people with learning disabilities, of value for informing sex education and sexuality support for people with learning disabilities more widely. (Publisher abstract)
Is sex a good thing for men with learning disabilities?
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 6(1), January 2001, pp.4-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Sex has increasingly been constructed as a problem for men with learning disabilities. Research has focused on their vulnerability to abuse and their capacity to exploit. There are also the additional fears of their sexual activity leading to HIV infection or pregnancy. Notions of sexual rights and sexual pleasure are lost in such a discourse. This article looks in detail at the actual experience of sex for men with learning disabilities, based on qualitative interviews.
Sterilisation drugs which suppress sexual drive, and young men who have intellectual disability
- Authors:
- CARLSON Glenys, TAYLOR Miriam, WILSON Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 25(2), June 2000, pp.91-104.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In 1992, the High Court of Australia ruled that all procedures involving the sterilisation of children (other than to treat some malfunction or disease) should be referred to the Family Court of Australia. There has been recent public debate about the sterilisation of young women who have intellectual disability. However, there appears to be very little known about the sterilisation of young men who have intellectual disability. This paper reports on 51 responses to a request for information about sterilisation, drugs and young men who have intellectual disability in Australia. Several issues, including the influence of attitudes and the need for informed decision making are raised.