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Author Hollomotz, Andrea, 1982-

Title Learning Difficulties and Sexual Vulnerability : a Social Approach.

Publication Info. London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (194 pages)
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Contents Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Developing an Alternative Approach to Risk; 3 Sexuality; 4 Risk Creation in Everyday Life; 5 Resistance and Self-determination; Conclusion; References.
Summary People with learning difficulties are considerably more likely to experience sexual violence than non-disabled people, and for this reason they are often described as 'vulnerable'. However, the use of this label can in fact increase risk. This book 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. Their different treatment, such as segregation and over-protection, can in fact increase their 'vulnerability'. The author discusses a range o.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Developmentally disabled -- Abuse of.
Developmentally disabled -- Abuse of.
Developmentally disabled -- Sexual behavior.
Developmentally disabled -- Sexual behavior.
Developmentally disabled.
Learning disabled -- Abuse of.
Learning disabled -- Abuse of.
Learning disabled -- Sexual behavior.
Learning disabled -- Sexual behavior.
Learning disabled.
Sex crimes -- Prevention.
Sex crimes -- Prevention.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic resource.
Electronic books.
Subject Sexual violence.
Other Form: Print version: Hollomotz, Andrea. Learning Difficulties and Sexual Vulnerability : A Social Approach. London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ©2011 9781849051675
ISBN 9780857003812
085700381X
9781849051675 (paper)
1849051674 (paper)
128314607X
9781283146074
Standard No. 9786613146076