Learning difficulties and sexual vulnerability
Subtitle: a social approach
By: Andrea Hollomotz
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers; Jessica Kingsley
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781849051675
Subjects: Sexual behavior; Sex crimes; Abuse of; Developmentally disabled; Prevention; Learning disabled
Description: This work argues that by seeing adults with learning difficulties as vulnerable and in need of protection, they are stripped of their autonomy and left with fewer skills that are needed to protect themselves from harm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Developing an alternative approach to risk; title: Sexuality; title: Risk creation in everyday life; title: Resistance and self-determination; title: Conclusion.