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A thousand words: healing through art for people with developmental disabilities
- Author:
- CAPRIO-ORSINI Cindy
- Publisher:
- Diverse City Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 103p.
- Place of publication:
- Eastman, QC
That people with disabilities are the most victimized in our society is a statistical fact. Study after study has given damning figures to a tragedy of enormous proportions. The author has spent several years working with people who have suffered physical, sexual and emotional abuse. She shares her approach to therapy and healing. This is a book about hope rising out of the ashes of violence.
Abuse: an all too common experience
- Author:
- LYTTELTON Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 17(2), 2003, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Describes the work of Respond, which helps and supports people with learning difficulties who have experienced the trauma of sexual abuse. The organisation provides long-term psychodynamic therapy, operates a free-phone helpline, and develops specialist resources relevant to people with learning difficulties.
Cross dressing and gender dysphoria in people with learning disabilities: a descriptive study
- Authors:
- PARKES Georgina, HALL Ian, WILSON Daniel
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37(2), June 2009, pp.151-156.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The authors aimed to determine the characteristics of people with learning disability who cross-dress or who have gender dysphoria. they carried out a retrospective review of anonymised data from clinical records about people referred to a specialist service. All 13 participants cross-dressed and 12 were biological males. Only one person was in a core transsexual group which may do better from sex reassignment surgery. There was a high level of mental health problems and high levels of reported childhood abuse. Three people were unhappy about their homosexual feelings, and two people had capacity issues. People with learning disabilities experience a wide range of gender identity issues similar to those seen in the non-learning disabled population. They would benefit from a more person centred understanding. People with learning disability may need longer assessments and more psychotherapeutic exploration and intervention prior to thinking about hormone and surgical interventions. Deciding treatment in someone's best interests for those lacking capacity presents complex ethical dilemmas.
Sexual abuse and exploitation of children and adults with mental retardation and other handicaps
- Authors:
- THARINGER Deborah, HORTON Connie Burrows, MILLEA Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 14(3), 1990, pp.301-312.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Summarises current knowledge on the incidence, prevalence and nature of sexual abuse of people with mental handicap, the effects and discusses possible therapeutic intervention.