Learning difficulties and sexual vulnerability : a social approach /
By: Hollomotz, Andrea.
Publisher: London : Jessica Kingsley, c2011Description: 192 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1849051674 (pbk); 9781849051675:; 9781849051675 (pbk); 1849051674.Subject(s): Developmentally disabled -- Abuse of | Developmentally disabled -- Sexual behavior | Learning disabled -- Abuse of | Learning disabled -- Sexual behavior | Sex crimes -- PreventionDDC classification: 362.3| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Developing an alternative approach to risk -- Sexuality -- Risk creation in everyday life -- Resistance and self-determination -- Conclusion.
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.