Living Safer Sexual Lives: Research and Action
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
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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