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Shaping Effective Masturbation in Persons with Developmental Disabilities: A Review of the Literature.

Individuals with developmental disabilities often encounter problems when engaging in sexual behavior through masturbation. Although sometimes taking the form of inappropriate behavior, such as public masturbation, ineffective masturbation, such as the inability to achieve orgasm through masturbatio...

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Published in:Sexuality & Disability Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 91 - 109
Main Author: Cicero, Frank R.
Format: research systematic review Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2019
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