Sexuality in Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
โ Scribed by Aysegul Isler; Fatma Tas; Dilek Beytut; Zeynep Conk
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-1044
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## Abstract In the past, preventive health concerning sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities was addressed through surgical sterilization as part of nationwide eugenic programs in many countries. For more than 30 years now, it has come progressively to light in the scientific literature
**Background and Methods** We review articles pertaining to attitudes towards sexuality, sterilization, procreation and parenting by people with intellectual disabilities. Most empirical studies were conducted after the appearance of the principles of normalization and role valorization in the 1970s