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The S Words: Sexuality, Sensuality, Sexual Expression and People with Intellectual Disability

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The history of sexual suppression of people with intellectual disability is extensive and derives from primal fear of difference. The human rights imperative requires appropriate responses from services to support the sexual expression of people with intellectual disability. Ideas about how to support people with intellectual disability are provided.

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Taylor Gomez, M. The S Words: Sexuality, Sensuality, Sexual Expression and People with Intellectual Disability. Sex Disabil 30, 237–245 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-011-9250-4

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