Supporting disabled people with their sexual lives : a clear guide for health and social care professionals / Tuppy Owens ; with Claire de Than.

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ISBN:

9780857007629

9781322228921

Title:

Supporting disabled people with their sexual lives : a clear guide for health and social care professionals / Tuppy Owens ; with Claire de Than.

Author:

Owens, Tuppy, 1944- author.

Personal Author:

Owens, Tuppy, 1944- author.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages .)

Contents:

Cover; Endorsement; Of Related Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Disabled People's Sexual Needs; 2. Difficulties that Disabled People Experience; 3. Difficulties that Health and Social Care Professionals Experience; 4. Sex, Disability and Human Rights: Current Legal and Practical Problems; 5. Supporting Young Disabled People and their Parents; 6. Communication; 7. Specific Professions and the Allied Therapies; 8. Sexual Services; 9. Sexual Diversity; 10. Summary; Postscript; Index.

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Subject Term:

People with disabilities -- Sexual behavior.

Sex instruction for people with disabilities.

People with disabilites -- Services for.

Personnes handicapées -- Sexualité.

Éducation sexuelle des personnes handicapées.

Social Work.

Sex & Sexuality, Sex Manuals.

POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.

POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.

People with disabilities -- Sexual behavior

Sex instruction for people with disabilities

Added Author:

De Than, Claire,

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=924073

Publication Date:

2015

Publication Information:

London ;

Philadelphia :

Jessica Kingsley Publishers,

2015.

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Summary

Many health and social care professionals today feel untrained, fearful and ill-equipped to support their disabled patients, clients and service users in their sexual lives. The result is that disabled people can be left feeling frustrated and afraid that their sexual needs will be forever unrecognised and unmet.

This is a straight-talking guide to supporting disabled people with their sexual lives. It covers the range of difficulties disabled people experience, from physical limitations to problems such as lack of acceptance, knowledge and skills. The real difficulties professionals experience are also covered with positive suggestions, and a chapter on communication discusses how to discuss sex. Sections follow on the sexual services available to help, and the wide range of sexual diversities which disabled people can and do enjoy. A chapter by Claire de Than covers the law.

This clear, down-to-earth guide will be essential reading for all those working with or supporting disabled people, from care home workers and managers to social workers, medical staff and therapists.

Author Notes

Tuppy Owens is the founder of Outsiders, a group providing peer support and dating opportunities for physically and socially disabled people. She also handles the Sex and Disability Helpline, and set up the Sexual Health and Disability Alliance (SHADA) for health and social care professionals. Tuppy has a Diploma in Human Sexuality, and has worked with and supported disabled people with their sexual lives for over 35 years.