Supporting Disabled People with their Sexual Lives: A Clear Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals PDF
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‘People with disabilities have, too often, been denied sexual happiness and expression. Although attitudes are slowly changing, there is a long way to go. Tuppy’s helpful anecdotes and lack of jargon make for an inspiring read which will give practitioners the confidence to discuss sex with their disabled clients.’ – Helen Dunman, PSHE SEN Teacher and SHADA Member ‘Tuppy deserves national recognition for decades of challenging our collective neglect of the emotional, social and sexual needs of people with impairments. In the face of media, fashion and beauty industry promotion of perfect bodies, which cruelly makes disabled people “outsiders”, Tuppy has tirelessly campaigned and developed resources for the hundreds of thousands of UK people whose needs for friendship, affection and sex we marginalize and ignore.’ – Andy Beckingham, FFPH, Consultant in Public Health ‘Our sex lives have been censored, ignored and unsupported, and Tuppy suggests many simple, respectful and clever ways in which this can be turned around. I hope her insightful book can contribute to improve the sex lives of many previously isolated or sexually frustrated disabled people.’ – Mat Fraser ‘This book is relevant to a broad range of professionals coming into contact with a broad range of disabled people. Whether physically, visually or hearing impaired, or with learning difficulties, deafblind or those with ME, social 2 anxiety or Asperger’s syndrome, this remarkable book will support all.’ – Maria Oshodi, VI Artistic Director and CEO of Extant 3 of related interest Sexuality and Relationships in the Lives of People with Intellectual Disabilities Standing in My Shoes Edited by Rohhss Chapman, Sue Ledger and Louise Townson with Daniel Docherty ISBN 978 1 84905 250 4 eISBN 978 0 85700 530 4 The Autism Spectrum, Sexuality and the Law What every parent and professional needs to know Tony Attwood, Isabelle Hénault and Nick Dubin ISBN 978 1 84905 919 0 eISBN 978 0 85700 679 0 Active Support Enabling and Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities Jim Mansell and Julie Beadle-Brown ISBN 978 1 84905 111 8 4 eISBN 978 0 85700 300 3 Sexuality and Severe Autism A Practical Guide for Parents, Caregivers and Health Educators Kate E. Reynolds ISBN 978 1 84905 327 3 eISBN 978 0 85700 666 0 Learning Difficulties and Sexual Vulnerability A Social Approach Andrea Hollomotz ISBN 978 1 84905 167 5 eISBN 978 0 85700 381 2 Preventing the Emotional Abuse and Neglect of People with Intellectual Disability Stopping Insult and Injury Sally Robinson ISBN 978 1 84905 230 6 eISBN 978 0 85700 472 7 5 Understanding Cerebral Palsy A Guide for Parents and Professionals Marion Stanton Foreword by Joe Whittaker ISBN 978 1 84905 060 9 eISBN 978 0 85700 256 3 JKP Essentials Series 6 SUPPORTING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THEIR SEXUAL LIVES A CLEAR GUIDE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALS Tuppy Owens with Claire de Than Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia 7 The four ‘Good Communication’ images on pages 126–8 are reproduced with kind permission of Widgit Symbols. The deafblind manual alphabet illustration on page 130 is reproduced with kind permission of Action on Hearing Loss (previously the RNID). First published in 2015 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers 73 Collier Street London N1 9BE, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.jkp.com Copyright © Tuppy Owens 2015 Cover photograph copyright © David Steinberg All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms 8 of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Warning: The doing of an unauthorised act in relation to a copyright work may result in both a civil claim for damages and criminal prosecution. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Owens, Tuppy, 1944- Supporting disabled people with their sexual lives : a clear guide for health and social care professionals / Tuppy Owens. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-84905-396-9 (alk. paper) 1. People with disabilities--Sexual behavior. 2. Sex instruction for people with disabilities. 3. People with disabilites--Services for. I. Title. HQ30.5.O94 2015 362.4--dc23 2014021854 9 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 84905 396 9 eISBN 978 0 85700 762 9 10
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