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Living Safer Sexual Lives: Research and Action

Kelley Johnson (Australia Research Centre in Sex Health and Society, Latrobe University)
Patsie Frawley (Australia Research Centre in Sex Health and Society, Latrobe University)
Lynne Hillier (Australia Research Centre in Sex Health and Society, Latrobe University)
Lyn Harrison (Faculty of Education, Deakin University)

Tizard Learning Disability Review

ISSN: 1359-5474

Article publication date: 1 July 2002

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Abstract

In spite of changes in the way people with learning disabilities are perceived, issues of sexuality and personal relationships remain particularly problematic for them. Living Safer Sexual Lives1 was a three‐year Australian action research project which sought to address how people with learning disabilities view these issues. During the first stage of the project, 25 people with learning disabilities told their life stories, with a focus on sexuality and human relationships, to experienced qualitative researchers. In the second stage of the project, these stories were used to provide people with learning disabilities, families and service providers with workshops and resources designed to help people with learning disabilities to live safer sexual lives.

Citation

Johnson, K., Frawley, P., Hillier, L. and Harrison, L. (2002), "Living Safer Sexual Lives: Research and Action", Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 4-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/13595474200200022

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