Barriers to the Development of Intimate Relationships and the Expression of Sexuality among People with Developmental Disabilities: Their Perceptions.

Lesseliers, Joan; Van Hove, Geert

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Publication Date: 2002

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Barriers to the Development of Intimate Relationships and the Expression of Sexuality among People with Developmental Disabilities: Their Perceptions.

Lesseliers, Joan; Van Hove, Geert

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), v27 n1 p69-81 Spr 2002

Interviews with 46 adults with mental retardation in Flanders, Belgium, found there was no one type of relational-sexual experience, but common to all was the absence of support for building relationships and for coping with ensuing relational difficulties. Structural, organizational, and attitudinal barriers appeared to shape perceptionsof sexuality. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Emotional Development, Emotional Experience, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Attraction, Interpersonal Relationship, Love, Marriage, Mental Retardation, Parent Child Relationship, Sex Education, Sexuality

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Belgium

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