Persons with intellectual disability: Sexual behaviour, knowledge and assertiveness

Sexual health for people with intellectual disability.

People with intellectual disability experience the same range of sexual needs and desires as other people. However, they experience many difficulties meeting their needs. They may be discouraged from relieving sexual tension by masturbating. They face a high risk of sexual abuse. They are likely not to be offered the full range of choices for contraception and sexual health screening. Poor educ...

Sexual life in subjects with intellectual disability.

During the last decades, the expectancies towards sexual life of people with intellectual disability have been more and more recognized by researchers, clinicians, caregivers and parents. These expectancies, that largely depend on socio-cultural and personal factors, such as the level of disability, must be supported in order to help people with intellectual disability to reach the best quality...

Pica among Persons with Intellectual Disability: Prevalence, Correlates, and Interventions

Predictors of Quality of Life of Persons with Intellectual Disability

Treatment interventions for people with aggressive behaviour and intellectual disability