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Article: Learning disabilities: able to love: people with learning disabilities face many barriers in getting sexual health advice and support, not least a reluctance to view them as sexual beings.(NEWS FEATURE)
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- Community Practitioner
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- July 1, 2009
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The sexual health of people with learning disabilities can still be a taboo area, despite strategies to support them in developing and sustaining relationships, including sexual relationships.
Community practitioners are key to providing sexual health advice to this vulnerable group, but there appears to be a number of barriers that make it difficult for them to address the sexual health needs of people with learning disabilities.
Changing perceptions
Charities such as Mencap and the Family and Planning Association (FPA) continue to express concerns that sexual health advice for people with learning disabilities is limited. The social values and ...