Muted voices: The unexplored sexuality of young persons with learning disability in Malta.
Accessible summary: Persons with learning disability who live in Malta, especially women, feel they do not have as many opportunities to make friends and form relationships as other persons who do not have a learning disability.Persons with learning disability feel lonely but wish they had the oppor...
| Published in: | British Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 156 - 165 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=137943666&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 137943666 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13544187 F04 jtl: British Journal of Learning Disabilities issn: 13544187 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Sep2019 vid: 47 iid: 3 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 137943666 137943666 137943666 10.1111/bld.12266 137943666 ppf: 156 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Muted voices: The unexplored sexuality of young persons with learning disability in Malta. aug: au: Azzopardi Lane, Claire L. Cambridge, Paul Murphy, Glynis affil: Department of Disability Studies, University of Malta, Msida Malta sug: subj: Intellectual Disability In Adulthood Persons with Disabilities Psychosocial Factors Attitude to Sexuality In Adulthood Human Malta Phenomenological Research Qualitative Studies Social Attitudes Stereotyping Community Health Services Social Networking Friendship Social Behavior Sexual Identity Adult Adult: 19-44 years ab: Accessible summary: Persons with learning disability who live in Malta, especially women, feel they do not have as many opportunities to make friends and form relationships as other persons who do not have a learning disability.Persons with learning disability feel lonely but wish they had the opportunity to do the things non‐disabled people do, such as have relationships, get married, live on their own and have children.At times, their parents and people who work with them do not help them with this.It is important that persons with learning disability from a young age are supported and empowered so that they can exercise their sexual rights. Background: This paper explores the sexuality of young persons with learning disability in Malta with respect to their opportunities and the constraints they experience. Materials and Methods: Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to decode qualitative data collected from persons with learning disability. Results: Findings reveal a context of disabling social attitudes, stereotypical gender imagery and exclusionary social practices. In addition, youth with learning disability experience a lack of community support and social networking, thus calling for platforms and spheres where they can form and maintain friendships and relationships. Conclusions: It is concluded that Malta lacks the fundamental social acceptance that persons with learning disability are sexual beings, with the right to express their sexuality and to form relationships. Overcoming such cultural hurdles will empower persons with learning disability to establish and express their sexual identities. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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