Sexuality And Disabilty: Education, Advocacy & Support
Professional & Academic Resources (14)

Cognitive/ Intellectual/ Developmental Disability

Abuse

(Baladerian) Special Edition Survivor for People with Developmental Disabilities Who Have Been Sexually Assaulted: Booklet Three: For Family Members Advocates and Care Providers, 1987.
(Baladerian) FACTS: Forensic Assessment of Consent To Sex, Disability, Abuse & Personal Rights Project, 1998. (310 754 2388) (Brown and Craft) Thinking the Unthinkable Papers on Sexual Abuse and People with Learning Difficulties, FPA Education Unit, London, England, 1989.
(Balkin) "Toward victimization research on the mentally retarded", Victimology: An International Journal, 1981, Vol. 6, p. 331.
(Blackie) "Appropriate Adults", National Association for the Protection from Sexual Abuse of Adults and Children with Learning Disabilities, 1996, Vol. 16, No. 3.
(Brennan and Brennan) Strange Language: Child Victims Under Cross Examination, 3rd ed, Charles Sturt University-Riverina, 1988.
(Carmody) "Invisible victims: Sexual assault of people with an intellectual disability", Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1991, Vol. 17, p. 229.
(Coles) "Sexual abuse of persons with disabilities: A law enforcement perspective", Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 1990, Vol. 18, No. 2, p. 35.
(Dunne and Power) "Sexual abuse and mental handicap: Preliminary findings of a community-based study", Mental Handicap Research, 1990, Vol. 3, No. 2, p.111.
(Dwyer)"Access to justice for people with severe communication impairment", Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 1996, Vol. 3, No. 2, p.73.
(Easteal, ed) Without Consent: Confronting Adult Sexual Violence (Australian Institute of Criminology, Conference Proceedings 20, 1993)
(Hayes) "Sexual violence against intellectually disabled victims" in Easteal, P W (ed) Without Consent: Confronting Adult Sexual Violence (Australian Institute of Criminology, Conference Proceedings 20, Canberra, 1993) 201
( Hewitt) "The abuse of deinstitutionalised persons with mental handicaps", Disability, Handicap and Society, 1987, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 127
(Hingsburger) Just Say Know! Understanding & Reducing the Risk of Sexual Victimization of People with Developmental Disabilities. Diverse City Press, 1995.
(Hingsburger) Sexual Abuse and People with Disabilities, Diverse City Press, 1990.
(Katz) "Adolescents and Young Adults With Developmental Disabilities Interface the Internet: Six Case Reports of Dangerous Liaisons." Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities, 2001, Vol. 4, No. 2:77-84.
(Keilty & Connelly) Making a statement; An exploratory study of the barriers facing women with an intellectual disability when making a statement about sexual assault to police, Disability & Society, Vol. 16, No. 5, March 2001.
(Krents and Brenner) “No-Go-Tell”, [video] Stanfield, 1991.
(Lee and Tang) "Evaluation Of A Sexual Abuse Program For Female Chinese Adolescents With Mild Mental Retardation." American Journal on Mental Retardation (September 1998) 103(2): 105-116.
(Longo and Gochenour) "Sexual assault of handicapped individuals", Journal of Rehabilitation, 1981, Vol. 24.
(Ludwig) After You Tell, SIECCAN, 1999.
(Mansell, Sobsey, and Calder) Sexual Abuse Treatment for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Manuscript No. 766, April 1992
(Marchestti and McCartney) "Abuse of persons with mental retardation: Characteristics of the abused, the abusers, and the informers", Mental Retardation, 1990, Vol. 28, p.367.
(O'Day) Preventing Sexual Abuse of Persons with Disabilities , Network Publications, 1983.
(Rappaport, Burkhardt, and Rotatori), ) Child Sexual Abuse Curriculum For the Developmentally Disabled, Thomas Publishers, 1997.
(Razza) "A Question Of Abuse: Talking With Persons Who Have MR/DD About Their Experiences With Victimization - Part I." Mental Health Aspects Of Developmental Disabilities, 1998, Vol. 1, No. 2. Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Center.
(Reynolds) People with Mental Retardation & Sexual Abuse (1997) [fact sheet] The Arc
(Rioux) Harm's Way: the Many Faces of Violence and Abuse against Persons with Disabilities, Roeher Institute, 1995.
(Rioux) Out of Harm's Way: A Safety Kit for people with Disabilities who Feel Unsafe and Want to do Something About It, Roeher Institute, 1997.
(Robb) "The dilemma of the mentally disabled sexual abuse victim", Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 1990, Vol. 18, No. 2, .
(Roeher) Sex abuse and people with an intellectual handicap, Roeher Institute, 1989.
(Roeher) No More Victims: A Manual to guide counselors and social workers/ family and friends/ police/ legal community in addressing the sexual abuse of people with a mental handicap, Roeher Institute, 1992. ( 4 different Manuals)
(Rosser) "A particular vulnerability", Legal Service Bulletin, 1990, Vol. 15, p. 32.
(Rosser)"Sexual Assault: Vulnerability of people with an intellectual disability", National Council on Intellectual Disability: Interaction, 1989, Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 23.
(Schor). "Sex and sexual abuse in developmentally disabled adolescents".Seminars in Adolescent Medicine, 1987, Vol. 3, No.1, pp 1-7.
(Sen) Vulnerable Sexual Abuse and People with an Intellectual Handicap, Roeher Institute 1960.
Sexual Abuse by Design: an examination of the issues in learning disability services, Disability & Society, 1 June 1996, vol. 11, no. 2.
Sexual Abuse Interview For the Developmentally Disabled (SAIDD). (1990) [curriculum, slides and guide] Stanfield.
(Sgroi) Vulnerable populations: Sexual abuse treatment for children, adult survivors, offenders, and adults with mental retardation, Lexington, 1989.
(Sobsey and Doe) "Patterns of sexual abuse and assault", Sexuality and Disability, 1991, Vol. 9, p. 243.
(Sood and Stevenson) "Vulnerable victims: the evidence of video recordings", [Law Society's] Gazette, 1991, Vol. 88, No. 3, p. 19.
(Stavis) "Harmonizing the right to sexual expression and the right to protection from harm for persons with mental disability", Sexuality and Disability, 1991, Vol. 9, No. 2, p.131.
(Stromsness) "Sexually Abused Women with Mental Retardation: Hidden Victims, Absent Resources." Co-published simultaneously in Women in Therapy (1993) 14(3-4): 139-152; and: Women with Disabilities: Found Voices (ed: Mary E. Willmuth and Lillian Holcomb) London: Haworth Press, pp. 139-152.
(Themkin) "Disability, child abuse and criminal justice", Modern Law Review, 1994, Vol. 57, No. 3.
(Tharinger, Burrows, Horton, and Millea) "Sexual abuse and exploitation of children and adults with mental retardation and other handicaps", Child Abuse and Neglect, 1990, Vol. 14, p.301.
(Vail) An Exploration of the issues of sexual abusive behavior among adolescents who have a learning disability, Child Care in Practice, Vol. 8, No. 3, July, 2002.
(Voelker and Ola) Sexual Assault Prevention for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Curriculum & Video, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR), 2000.
(Westcott) "The abuse of disabled children: A review of the literature", Child: Care, Health and Development, 1991, Vol. 17, p. 243
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Friendship, Relationships, Marriage, and Parenting

(Brown) Partnership And Marriage In Down Syndrome [Based on a paper presented at the International Conference "People with Down Syndrome on The Threshold of the 21st Century" in Rome, October 23-25, 1996.] Disabled Hellas.
(Brown and Mirenda) Express Yourself!: Acknowledging And Respecting The Sexual Rights And Freedoms Of People With Developmental Disabilities : A Learning Guide. (1997) Vancouver, BC: Ministry for Children and Families.
(Brown, Carney, Cortis, Metz, and Petr) Human Sexuality Handbook, BCACL, 1985.
(Cambridge and Melan) "Reconstructing the Sexuality of Men with Learning Disabilities: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Interpretations of Need." Disability and Society, 2000, Vol. 15, No.2: 293-311
(Carr) "Sexuality and People with Learning Disabilities" BR J Nursing, 1995, Vol. 4, No. 19, pp 1135-1141.
(Churchill) "Michigan Marriage Laws Discriminate against Disabled"
(Churchill) "Guardianship and Mariage laws for developmentally disabled"
Development of parenting skills in individuals with an intellectual disability: An epigenitic explanation, Vol. 17, No. 1, January 2002.
(Demetral) "Does Ignorance Really Produce Irresponsible Behavior?" Sexuality and Disability, 1981, Vol. 4, No. 3: 151-160.
(Edwards)" Sexuality, marriage, and parenting for persons with Down syndrome." In S.M. Pueschel,The young person with Down syndrome, p. 187-204, Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes. 1988.
(Elkins, Spinnado, and Muram. "Sexuality and family interaction in Down syndrome: parental report." Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 6, 81-85. 1987.
(Fairbairn, Rowley, and Bowen) Sexuality, Learning Difficulties and Doing What’s Right. Taylor and Francis, 1995.
(Field and Sanchez) Equal treatment for people with mental retardation: Having and raising children, Harvard University Press, 2001.
(Frawley) Human Relations & Sexuality: Knowledge & Awareness Assessment for People with an Intellectual Disability. Achievable Concepts.
(Fegan, Raunch and McCarthy) Sexuality And People With Intellectual Disability, Achievable Concepts.
(Griffin) Informed Consent: Sexuality and People with Developmental Disabilities: Strategies for Professional Decision Making, ARC Publishers, 1995.
(Heyman and Huckle) "Sexuality as a Perceived Hazard in the Lives of Adults with Learning Difficulties." Disability & Society, 1995, Vol. 10, No. 2: 139-155.
(Hingsburger and Ludwig) Being sexual: An Illustrated series on sexuality and relationships, SIECCAN, 1993.
(Jobling, Moni, and Nolan) Understanding friendships: Young adults with Down syndrome exploring relationships, Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, Vo. 25, No. 3, September, 2000.
(Kempton) Socialization and Sexuality: A Comprehensive Training Guide For Professionals Helping People With Disabilities That Hinder Learning, Program Development Associates, 1998.
(Koller, Richardson and Katz). "Marriage in a young adult mentally retarded population", Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1998, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp 93-102.
(McKee and Blacklidge) An Easy Guide for Caring Parents: Sexuality and Socialization: A Book for Parents of People with Mental Handicaps, Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo, 1986.
(Moise) Barbara and Fred: Grownups Now, Living Fully with Developmental Disabilities, Cypress House, 1998.
(Myers, Ager, Kerr, and Myles) Outside looking in? Studies of Community Integration of people with Learning Disabilities, Disability & Society, Vol. 13, No. 3, June, 1998.
(Nigro). "Sexuality in the handicapped: some observations on human needs and attitudes." Rehabilitation Literature, 1975, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp 202-205.
Parents who have Mental Retardation
" Person-Centered Planning Guide for Building Healthy Social and Sexual Relationships." Los Gatos CA: The Committee on Sexuality Advocating for People With Developmental Disabilities.
(Putnam) Mentally Handicapped Love, Harbour Publications, 1981.
(Rubin, Biklen, Kasa-Hendrickson, Kluth, Cardinal, and Broderick. "Independence, participation, and the meaning of intellectual disability", Disability & Society, Vol. 16, No. 3, May, 2000.
(Schwab) Sexuality and Down Syndrome
(Schwier) Couples With Intellectual Disabilities Talk About Living And Loving. (1994) Rockville: Woodbine House. Canadian Down Syndrome Society.
(Schweir) Sexuality, Relationships, and Down Syndrome: A guide for parents of children and adolescents, Brookes, 1996.
(Timmers, DuCharme and Jacob) "Sexual Knowledge, Attitudes And Behaviors Of Developmentally Disabled Adults Living In A Normalized Apartment Setting." Sexuality and Disability, 1981, Vol. 4, No. 1: 27-39.
(Tymchuk). "Predicting adequacy of parenting by people with mental retardation. "Child Abuse & Neglect, 1992, Vol. 16, pp 165-178.
(Van Dyke, McBrien, and Sherbondy) Issues of Sexuality in Down Syndrome, Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 1995, Vol 3, No 2.
(Van Loo, & Van Hove) Emanicaption and self-determination of people with learning disabilities and down-sizing institutional care, Disability & Society, Vol. 16, No. 2, March 2001.
(Ward, Jordan, and Pfeiffer) "Community Services, Issues, and Service Gaps for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities Who Exhibit Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors." Mental Retardation. (2001) 39(1): 11-19. American Association on Mental Retardation.
(William And Nind) Insiders or Outsiders: Normalization and women with learning difficulties, Disability & Society, 1999, Vol. 14, No.5: 659-672.
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Gender Issues

(Cambridge) How far to Gay? The politics of HIV in learning disability, Disability & Society, Vol. 12, No. 3, June, 1997.
Diminished men and dangerous women: representations of gender and learning disability in early- and mid-nineteenth-century Britain, British Journal of Learning Disabilities, June 2000, vol. 28, no. 2.
(Hingsburger) "Staff Attitudes, Homosexuality And Developmental Disability: A Minority Within A Minority." Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 1993) Vol. 2, No.1: 19-21.
Real Men, Real Women, Real Lives? Gender issues in learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, Disability & Society, 1 December 1995, vol. 10, no. 4
(Thompson, Bryson, and deCastell) Prospects for identity formation for lesbian, gay, or bisexual persons with developmental disabilities, International Journal on Disability, Development,and Education, Vol. 48, No. 1, March 2001.
(Wong). "At Home with Down Syndrome and Gender". Hypatia - Volume 17, Number 3, Summer 2002, pp. 89-117
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HIV & AIDS

(Crocker, Cohen, and Kastner) HIV Infection and Developmental Disabilities: A Resource for Service Providers (1992). Brookes.
(Kastner, Nathanson, Marchetti and Pincus). "HIV infection and developmental services for adults wih Mental Rretardation" .Mental Retardation, 1989, Vol. 27, pp 229-232.
(Marchetti, Nathanson, Kastner and Owens). "AIDS and state developmental disabilities agencies: a national survey." American Journal of Public Health, 1990, Vol. 80, pp 54-56.

SAFE: Stopping AIDS through Functional Education. (1990) Oregon Health Sciences University and The Arc. [curriculum: videos, slides, brochures]
(Scotti) "The Educational Effects of Providing AIDS-Risk Information to Persons with Developmental Disabilities: An Exploratory Study." Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1996, Vol. 31, No. 2: 115-22.
(Simonds and Rogers)."Epidemiology of HIV in children and other populations". In A.C. Crocker, H.J. Cohen, & T.A. Kastner (Eds),HIV Infection and Developmental Disabilities,p. 5-13, Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.1992.
(Stangle) Lifefacts : AIDS : Essential Information About Life For People With Special Needs. (1991) [illustrated cards and manual] Stanfield.
Triple Taboo: HIV, Sexuality & Intellectual Disability: A Trainer's Manual. Ashfield, NSW: FPA (Family Planning Association) Health [13-Aug-2001].
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Masturbation

" About Masturbation for Females: For People Who Work And Care For People With An Intellectual Disability." Ashfield NSW: Family Planning Association.

" About Masturbation for Males: For People Who Work And Care For People With An Intellectual Disability." Ashfield NSW: Family Planning Association.
(Hingsburger) "Masturbation : A Consultation For Those Who Support Individuals With Developmental Disabilities." [SIECCAN Newsletter in] Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 1994, Vol 3, No.3: 278-282.
(Hingsburger (Under Cover Dick: Teaching Men With Disabilities About Condom Use, Diverse City Press, 1995. Video and manual.
(Hingsburger) Hand Made Love: A Guide For Teaching About Male Masturbation, Diverse City Press, 1995. Video and manual.
(Hingsburger and Haar) Finger Tips: A Guide For Teaching About Female Masturbation, Diverse City Press, 2000. Video and manual.
(Pueschel). Masturbation during adolescence:Down syndrome. Paper and abstracts for Professional, 1986, Vol. 9, No. 1.

Men with Down Down Syndrome & Sexuality

(Cambridge and Melan) "Reconstructing the Sexuality of Men with Learning Disabilities: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Interpretations of Need." Disability and Society, 2000, Vol. 15, No.2: 293-311
(Carlson, Taylor, and Wilson) Sterilization, drugs which suppress sexual drive, and young men with intellectual disability, Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, Vol. 25, No. 2, June, 2000.
Reconstructing the Sexuality of Men with Learning Disabilities: empirical evidence and theoretical interpretations of need, Disability and Society, 1 March 2000, vol. 15, no. 2.
(Thompson) "Is Sex a Good Thing for Men with Learning Disabilities?" Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2001, Vol. 6, No. 1: 4-12.
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Menstruation, Menopause, and Gynecological Care

Bovicelli, Orsini, Rizzo, Montacuti and Bocchetta, Reproduction in Down syndrome.Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1982, Vol. 59, pp 13S-17S.
Chamberlain, Rauh, Passer, McGrath, and Berket. "Issues in fertility control for mentally retarded female adolescents and sexual activity, sexual abuse, and contraception.Pediatrics," 1984, Vol. 73, pp 445-450.
Contraception of women with intellectual disability: prevalence and determinants, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, February 2002, Vol. 46, No. 2.
(David, Smith, and Friedman) "Family planning services for persons handicapped by mental retardation", American Journal of Public Health, 1976, Vol. 66, pp 1053 - 1057.
(Edgerton) " The Contraception Report. Some socio-cultural research considerations." In F.F. de la Cruz & G.D. Laveck (Eds), Human sexuality and the mentally retarded, p. 240-263, New York: Brunner/Mazel. 1993.
(Elkins). "Gynecologic Care." In S.M. Pueschel & J.K. Pueschel (Eds),Biomedical concerns in persons with Down syndrome,p. 131-146, Baltimore: Paul H. Brooks Co. 1990
(Gray) Menstrual Management Notes. Social Biology Resource Centre. 1989.
(Gray and Jilich) Janet's got her Period, Stanfield, 1990.
(Grimes) From population control to reproductive rights: Ideaological influences in population policy,Third World Quarterly - Journal of Emerging Areas, Vol. 19, No. 3, September 1998.
(Heaton) "Providing reproductive health services to persons with Down syndrome and other mental retardation." In D.E. Redfern (Ed),Caring for Individuals with Down Syndrome and Their Families, Report of the third Ross Round Table on Cultural Issues in Family Medicine. 1995.
(Kelly and Wiseman). Menstrual Management. Family Planning Association of Victoria. 1988.
(Laros). Adolescent Gynecology, Presentation. University of Iowa. 1993.
" Mental Disabilities Affect Method Options: Many Factors Involving A Psychiatric Condition Or Mental Retardation Influence Contraceptive Decisions." (Winter 1999) Network 19(2). Family Health International.
Menstrual Preparation and Management Kit - Produced by Intellectual Disability Services, Dept of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs in conjunction with the Department of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Qld.
(McCarthy) Going through menopause: Perceptions and experiences of women with intellectual disability, Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, Vol. 27, No. 4, December, 2002.
(Kaur, Butler, and Trumble) Menstrual Management and Women with an Intellectual Disability: A Guide for GP's
(Kaur, Butler, and Trumble) Options for Menstrual Management
(Rauch) "Teaching Menstrual management techniques to intellectually disabled women." Family Planning Association, 1983, Vol. 3, No. 1.
(Rani, Jyothem, Reddy, and Reddy). "Reproduction in Down syndrome.International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics", 1990, Vol. 31, No. 8, pp 1-86.
(Sheridan, Lierena, Natkins,and Debenham). "Fertility in a male with trisomy 21.Journal of Medical Genetics", 1989, Vol. 26, pp 294-298.
(Spicer) Sterilization Of Women And Girls With Disabilities - A Literature Review. (1999) Dickson (AU): Women With Disabilities Australia.
(Stone). "HIV, Other STDs, and Barriers." In C.M. Mauck, M. Coredero, H.L. Gabelnick, J.M. Spieler, R. Rivera (Eds),Barrier Contraceptives: current status and future prospects, p. 203-212, New York: Wiley-Liss. 1994
(Sulpizi) "Issues in sexuality and gynecologic care of women with developmental disabilities", 1996, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecological Neonatal Nursing, Vol. 25, pp 609 - 614.
(Van Dyke, McBrien, and Mattheis)." Psychosexual behavior, sexuality, and management issues in individuals with Down syndrome. Presentation", [conference paper], European Down Syndrome Symposium, 1995. Mallorca, Spain.
Whose body is it anyway? Presures and control for women with learning disabilities, Disability & Society, Vol. 13, No. 4, September 1998.
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Puberty

(Enright) Caution: Do Not Open Until Puberty! An Introduction to Sexuality for Young Adults with Disabilities, Carter's Printing of London, 1995
(Gray and Jilich) Janet's got her Period, Stanfield, 1990.
(Olasov) Special Needs Adolescents and Sexuality Education: A Health Challenge for the Nineties. (October 1993) [conference paper] Pittsburgh: American School Health Association.
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Sex Education

All of Us: Talking Together. Sex education for people with developmental disabilities. [video] Program Development Associates.
American Academy Of Pediatrics, Committee On Children With Disabilities. "Sexuality Education of Children and Adolescents With Developmental Disabilities." Pediatrics, 1996, Vol. 97(2): 275-278.
(Aylott) " Is the Sexuality of People with a Learning Disability Being Denied?" Br J Nursing, 1999, Vol. 8, No, 7, pp 438-42.
(Barnes) "Mother to Daughter: Woman to Woman Talks." The Exceptional Parent, 1982, Vol. 12, No. 6: 47-49.
(Brantlinger) "Sexuality Education in the Secondary Special Education Curriculum: Teachers' Perceptions and Concerns." Teacher Education and Special Education, 1992, Vol. 15, No. 1: 32-40.
(Brekke) Sexuality Education For Persons With Severe Developmental Disabilities, Stanfield, 1988.
(Brooks) "Sex Education For Students With Moderate Mental Retardation." Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992, Vol. 24, No. 4: 56-57.
(Brown) The Individual with Intellectual Disabilities and Sex Education: Perspectives of Involved Adults. (1997) [Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Human Subjectivity, Columbia, MO]
(Champagne and Walker-Hirsch) CIRCLES I: Intimacy & Relationships / CIRCLES II: Stop Abuse/ CIRCLES III: AIDS: Safer Ways, Stanfield, 1993, 1986, 1988.
(Craft) "Issues In Sex Education For People With Learning Disabilities In The United Kingdom." Sexual and Marital Therapy, 1994, Vol. 9, No. 2: 145-157.
(Craft) "The Living Your Life Programme." British Journal of Special Education, 1991, Vol. 18, No. 4: 157-60.
(Edwards and Wapnick) Being Me: a Social/ Sexual Training Guide for Those Who Work with the Developmentally Disabled, EDNICK Communications, 1979
(Foxx and Faw) "An Eight-Year Follow-Up of Three Social Skills Training Studies." Mental Retardation, 1992, Vol. 30, No. 2: 63-66.
(Haight and Fachting) "Materials For Teaching Sexuality, Love And Maturity To High School Students With Learning Disabilities." Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986, Vol. 19, No.6: 344-350.
(Heler) Sexuality Education Issues and Students Statused Severely Mentally Impaired Regardless of Additional Handicaps. (1993)
(Hingsburger) "Cautions And Considerations For Providing Sex Education For People With Developmental Disabilities Who Live Within Group Homes." Journal On Developmental Disabilities, 1992, Vol. 1, No. 1: 42-47.
(Hingsburger) "Clients And Curriculum: Preparing For Sex Education." Psychiatric Aspects of Mental Retardation Reviews, 1988, Vol. 7, No. 3: 13-17.
(Hingsburger) "Sex Counseling With The Developmentally Handicapped : The Assessment And Management Of Seven Critical Problems." Psychiatric Aspects of Mental Retardation Reviews, 1987, Vol. 6, No.9: 41-46.
(Hingsburger) I-Openers History and a Person with a Developmental Disability, VIDA, 1992.
(Hingsburger) I-Openers Self-Concepts and People with Developmental Disabilities, VIDA, 1990.
(Hingsburger) Do? Be? Do?: What to teach and how to teach people with developmental disabilities. Diverse City Press
(Horsley) Babies - Our Right to Choose. Family Planning Association, 2001.
(Huntley and Benner. "Reducing Barriers to Sex Education for Adults with Mental Retardation." Mental Retardation, 1993, Vol. 31, No. 4: 215-20.
(Kempton and Caparulo) Speaking of sex and sex education for people with disabilities that hinder learning, Stanfield, 1998.
(Kempton) Life Horizons I: The Physiological and Emotional Aspects of Being Male & Female and II: The Moral, Social and Legal Aspects of Sexuality, Stanfield, 1999. Manual and slides.
(Kempton, Stiggal-Muccigrosso, and McKee) An Easy Guide To Loving Carefully For Men and Women, Kempton, 1997.
(Kogut and Vilardo) Teaching Persons with Mental Retardation about Sexuality and Relationships: An Instructional Guide, Planned Parenthood of Connecticutt, 1993.
(Lawrence and Swain) " Sex Education Programmes For Students With Severe Learning Difficulties In Further Education And Problem Of Evaluation." Disability, Handicap & Society (1993) 8(4): 405-421
(Ludwig) Sexuality: A Curriculum For Individuals Who Have Difficulty With Traditional Learning Methods. Regional Municipality of York Public Health.
(Lumley and Scotti) "Supporting the Sexuality of Adults with Mental Retardation: Current Status and Future Directions." (Spring 2001) Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions 3(2)
(Maksym and Goudge) Project Get Set: Sexuality Education and Training, A guide for Training Staff who work with Adolescents & Adults Labeled mentally Handicapped, Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded, 1986.
(Mauer) Talking Sex! Practical Approaches and Strategies for Working with People Who Have Developmental Disabilities When The Topic is Sex, Thompkins County Planned Parenthood, 1999.
(McCabe) "Sex Education Programs for People with Mental Retardation." Mental Retardation, 1993, Vol. 31, No. 6: 377-87.
(McCabe and Cummins) "The Sexual Knowledge, Experience, Feelings and Needs of People with Mild Intellectual Disability." Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1996, Vol. 3, No. 11: 13-21.
(McCabe and Schreck) "Before Sex Education: An Evaluation of the Sexual Knowledge, Experience, Feelings and Needs of People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities." Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1992, Vol. 18, No. 2: 75-82.
(McCarthy). Sexuality and Women with Learning Disabilities. (1999) London: Jessica Kingsley.
(McCarthy) "Learning Disabilities: Sexual Awareness." Nursing Times, 1992, Vol. 88, No. 51: 16-29.
(McCarthy) "Sexual Experiences Of Women With Learning Difficulties In Long-Stay Hospitals. Sexuality and Disability, 1993, Vol. 11, No. 4: 277-286.
Meeting the needs of people with developmental disabilities. SIECUS Report, April-May 1995.
(Mitchell). Normalisation and the Sexuality of the Mentally Handicapped. Thomas Publishers. 1985.
(Nesbit) "Reducing Vulnerability: In Defense Of Sex Education For Learners With Mental Disabilities." PRISM (Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association, Spring 1994: 12-17.
(Page) "Teaching Developmentally Disabled People Self-Regulation in Sexual Behaviour." Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1991, Vol. 17, No. 1: 81-88.
Person to Person: Sexuality Education for Person with Developmental Disabilities [video] Program Development Associates.
(Plunkett, Longmore, Neal, and Sanchez) "An Evaluation of a Community-Based Sexuality Education Program for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities" Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, 2002, Vol. 5 .
(Rauch) All About Us. (3rd ed 1997) Achievable Concepts.
(Romaneck and Kuehl) "Sex Education for Students with High-Incidence Special Needs." Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992, Vol. 25, No.1: 22-24.
(Siegel) Changes in You: An Introduction to Sexuality Education through an Understanding of Puberty, Stanfield, 1991.
(Simpson) The Family Education Program, Planned Parenthood of Shasta-Diablo, 1990.
Social Skills and Sex Education for the Forgotton Adult. [video] Program Development Associates.
(Steege and Steege) Social Skills & Sex Education “Sex Education And Self Care For The Forgotten Adult”, Program Development Associates, 1988.
(Szollos and McCabe)"The Sexuality of People with Mild Intellectual Disability: Perceptions of Clients and Caregivers." Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1995, Vol. 20, No. 3: 205-22.
Teach-a-Bodies [anatomically correct dolls and instructional books]
(Walcott) "Education in Human Sexuality for Young People with Moderate and Severe Mental Retardation." TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997, Vol. 29, No. 6: 72-74.
(Walcott) "Family Life Education For Persons With Developmental Disabilities." Sexuality and Disability, 1997, Vol. 15, No. 2: 91-98.
(Whitehouse and McCabe) "Sex Education Programs for People with Intellectual Disability: How Effective Are They?" Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 1997, Vol. 32, No. 3: 229-40.
(Williams) "Sex Education." Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1991, 17(2): 217-19.
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Sex Offenders

(Abrahamson, Parker, and Weisberg) "Sexual expression of mentally retarded people: educational and legal implications" American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1988, Vol. 93 (3) American Journal on Mental Retardation, p.328
(Ashworth and Gostin) "Mentally disordered offenders and the sentencing process", Criminal Law Review, 1984.
(Blasingame) Treatment for Developmentally Disabled Persons with Sexual Behavior Problems: Community-Based Treatment, Management, and Supervision of Sexual Behavior Problems among Developmentally Disabled Persons. Wood 'N' Barnes, 2001
(Brady) "Special (sexual) offences for people with intellectual disability - discrimination or appropriate redress?", Socio-Legal Bulletin, 1994, Vol. 15.
(Brookbanks) "Fitness to plead and the intellectually disabled offender", 1994, Vol. 1 (2) Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.
(Brown and Courtless) The Mentally Retarded Offender (The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, USA, 1971)
(Blackwood) "Sexuality and the disabled: Legal issues", University of Tasmania Law Review, 1992, Vol. 11, No. 2.
(Brennan and Brennan) Cleartalk: Police Responding to Intellectual Disability, Charles Sturt University-Riverina Press, 1994
(Bright) "Intellectual disability and the criminal justice system: New developments",1989, Vol. 63 Law Institute Journal.
(Briton) "Obtaining evidence from people with an intellectual disability - The right to be heard", paper presented to the Fourth Joint AAMR/ASSID National Conference on Intellectual Disability (Canberra, 6-9 December 1988)
(Byrnes) "People with an intellectual disability: Police interrogation and the use of an independent third party and the right to seek legal advice", 1995, Vol. 8, No.5, National Council on Intellectual Disability: Interaction, 1995, Vol. 8, No.5.
(Carson) "Prosecuting people with mental handicaps", Criminal Law Review, 1989.
(Cavanaugh, Brakel, and Haywood) "Mentally disordered offenders: Clinical, political and legal developments in the United States", Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 1994, Vol.1, No. 2.
(Challinger, ed) Intellectually Disabled Offenders (Australian Institute of Criminology, Seminar Proceedings 19, 1987.
(Cockram, Jackson and Underwood) "Perceptions of the judiciary and intellectual disability", 1982, Vol. 18, Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities.
(Craft and Craft, eds) Mentally Abnormal Offenders, Bailliere Tindall Publishers, 1984.
(Deane) "Better represented by a poodle: The case of Dominic Simm", Socio-Legal Bulletin, 1994.
(Dwyer) "Access to justice for people with severe communication impairment", Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 1994, Vol. 3, No. 2.
(Ellis and Luckasson) "Mentally retarded criminal defendants", The George Washington Law Review, 1985, Vol. 53, No. 3-4.
(Endicott) Persons With Intellectual Disability Who Are Incarcerated For Criminal Offences: A Literature Review (Research Report 14, The Research Branch, Communications and Corporate Development, Correctional Services of Canada, March 1991)
(Fox) "Sentencing the mentally disordered offender", Law Institute Journal, 1986.
(Freckelton) "Editorial: Fitness to stand trial", Journal of Law and Medicine, 1995, Vol. 3, No. 1.
(Haaven, Little, and Petre-Miller. Treating Intellectually Disabled Sex Offenders: A Model Residential Program. The Safer Society Foundation, 1990.
(Hayes) "Sex offenders", paper presented at the seminar Meeting the Challenge: Helping People with Developmental Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital and Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, 22-23 August 1991)
(Maceachron) "Mentally retarded offenders: Prevalence and characteristics", American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979, Vol. 84, No. 2.
(MacFarlane) "Unfitness to be tried for an offence", Criminal Law Journal, 1987, Vol. 11.
(Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities) Special Issue: Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Deviance and Sexually Offending Behavior in People With Developmental Disabilities, April/May/June 2000 Volume 3 - No. 2
(Nemitz)"The Appropriate Adult and support for vulnerable suspects in the police station", National Association for the Protection from Sexual Abuse of Adults and Children with Learning Disabilities, 1996, Vol. 16.
(Parsons) Oliver Twist Has Asked for More: The Politics and Practice of Getting Justice for People with Disabilities, Villamanta Publishing Service, 1994.
(Perske)"Thoughts on the police interrogation of individuals with mental retardation", Mental Retardation, 1994, Vol. 32, p. 377.
(Perske) Unequal Justice?, Abingdon Press, 1991.
(Reed) "Legal rights of mentally retarded offenders: Hospice and habilitation", Criminal Law Bulletin, 1989, Vol. 25, p. 411
(Russell and Bryant) "The effects of a lecture training program and independent study on the knowledge and attitudes of law students toward the mentally retarded offender", Journal of Offender Counselling, Services and Rehabilitation, 1987, Vol. 11, No. 2.
(Rutledge and Haines), A "Law and the intellectually disabled defendant", Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1983, Vol. 9.
(Safer Society Foundation ) Introduction to the Assessment and Treatment of Intellectually Disabled Sexual Offenders. (1993) [video and reference manual] Safer Society Foundation.
(Santamour and West) Retardation and Criminal Justice: A Training Manual for Criminal Justice Personnel (New Jersey Association for Retarded Citizens, September 1979)
(Santamour and West) The Mentally Retarded Offender and Corrections (National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, US Dept of Justice, Washington DC, August 1977)
(Santamour and Watson, eds) The Retarded Offender, Praeger Publications,1982.
(Savage) "The relevance of the fitness to stand trial provisions to persons with mental handicap", Canadian Bar Review, 1981, Vol. 59, No. 2.
(Scannell) "Acting for a client with an intellectual disability: How to provide the best service", paper presented at the National Community Legal Centres Conference (Canberra, 1992)
(Sigelman, Budd, Spanhel, and Shoenrock) "When in doubt, say yes: acquiescence in interviews with mentally retarded persons", Mental Retardation, 1981, Vol. 19.
(Tremblay) "On persuasion and paternalism: Lawyer decisionmaking and the questionably competent client", Utah Law Review, 1987, Vol. 3, p.515.
(Tully and Cahill) Police Interviewing of the Mentally Handicapped, The Police Foundation, London, 1984.
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Staff Training and Parent Issues

Experiences of staff in dealing with client sexuality in services for teenagers and adults with intellectual disability, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, February 2001, vol. 45, no. 1.
(Hingsburger) I-Openers Parents Ask Questions about Sexuality, Family Support Institute, 1963.
(Hingsburger and Harber) The Ethics of Touch: Establishing and Maintaining Appropriate Boundaries In Service to People with Developmental Disabilities, Diverse City Press, 1998. Staff training video.
(Keilty) The Role Of General Practitioners In Managing The Sexual Health Care Of Women With An Intellectual Disability: An Exploratory Study. (1999) [Thesis] School Of Medical Education, The University Of New South Wales.
(McDermott, Martin, Weinrich and Kelly) "Program Evaluation of a Sex Education Curriculum for Women with Mental Retardation." Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1999, Vol. 20, No. 2: 93-106.
(Schweir and Hingsburger) Sexuality: Your sons and daughter with intellectual disabilities, Brookes, 2000.
(Steege and Peck) A Training Manual for Direct Care Staff. San Antonio TX: Steege Publications.
(Toomey) "Final Report of the Bawnmore Personal Development Programme: Staff Attitudes And Sexuality Programme Development In An Irish Service Organization For People With Mental Handicap." Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1993, Vol. 14, No 2: 129-144.
(Wilkinson). "Parental Consent and the Use of Dead Children's Bodies" Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal - Volume 11, Number 4, December 2001, pp. 337-358
(Wilson and Baldwin) "A pilot sexuality training workshop for staff at an institution for the mentally retarded" American Journal of Public Health, 1976, Vol. 66, pp 77 - 78.
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Sterilization Laws

(Adler) "A Pragmatic Approach to the Involuntary Sterilization of the Mentally Disabled." Nova Law Review , 1996, Vol. 20 :1323-68
(Barton) "Pennsylvania Superior Court Affirms Authorization to Sterilize Mentally Handicapped Woman: Estate of C.W. " Temple Law Review . 1995. Vol. 68, pp 1009-33.
(Cepko) "Involuntary Sterilization of Mentally Disabled Women." Berkeley Women's Law Journal . 1993. Vol. 8:122-65
(Dudziak) "Oliver Wendell Holmes as a Eugenic Reformer: Rhetoric in the Writing of Constitutional Law" Iowa Law Review. 1986. Vol. 71: pp 833-67
(Estacio) "Sterilization of the Mentally Disabled in Pennsylvania: Three Generations without Legislative Guidance Are Enough." Dickinson Law Review, 1988. Vol. 92: pp 409-36.
(Flannery) "Norplant: The New Scarlet Letter?" Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy, 1992. Vol. 8: pp :201-26
(Guggenheim, Lowe, Dylan and Curtis) The Rights of Families: The Authoritative Guide to the Rights of Family Members Today. An American Civil Liberties Union Handbook 1996. Southern Illinois University Press : Carbondale.
(Jaegers ) "Modern Judicial Treatment of Procreative Rights of Developmentally Disabled Persons: Equal Rights to Procreation and Sterilization." University of Louisville Journal of Family Law. 1992-1993. Vol 31, pp 947- 979.
(Katske) "Sterilization of the Mentally Retarded: An Analysis of Judicial and Legislative Standards". Connecticut Probate Law Journal . 1986. Vol. 1: pp 217- 254.
( Keyes and Noel) Life, Death, and the Law: A Sourcebook on Autonomy and Responsibility in Medical Ethics, 1995, Charles Thomas Pub. (Vol. 1: P. 356, Citations only.)
(Patterson). "Genetic Counseling and the Disabled: Feminism Examines the Stance of Those Who Stand at the Gate". Hypatia - Volume 17, Number 3, Summer 2002, pp. 118-142
(Sloan) The Law Governing Abortion, Contraception & Sterilization. 1988. Oceana Pub: New York (See pp 109-35, 149- 151.)
(Smith) The New Biology: Law, Ethics and Biotechnology. 1989. Plenum Press : NY. (see p. 244)
(Smith) "Genetics, Eugenics, and Public Policy". Southern Illinois University Law Journal 1985: pp.:435-53
(Smith) "Limitations on Reproductive Autonomy for the Mentally Handicapped" Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy. 1988. Vol. 4:pp71-89
(Morrissey, Hofman, and Thrope. Consent and Confidentiality in the Health Care of Children and Adolescents: A Legal Guide. 1986. Free Press; NY ( pp. 149- 250)
( Dick-Hurwitz) "Penry v. Lynaugh: The Supreme Court Deals a Fatal Blow to Mentally Retarded Capital Defendants." University of Pittsburgh Law Review . 1990. Vol. 51: 699-725
(Brakel, Parry, and Weiner) The Mentally Disabled and the Law. 1985 - 3rd Ed. American Bar Foundation; Chicago.( see p 552-558)
(Cherow-O'Leary) The State-by-State Guide to Women's Legal Rights. 1987. McGraw-Hill: NY. See Pp. 105-502.)
(Smith) Bioethics and the Law: Medical, Socio-Legal and Philosophical: Directions for a Brave New World. 1993. University Press of America, Inc.; Lanham, MD. (see p. 190)

Other

(Carlson). "Cognitive Ableism and Disability Studies: Feminist Reflections on the History of Mental Retardation". Hypatia - Volume 16, Number 4, Fall 2001, pp. 124-146.
Construction and psychometric properties of sexuality scales: sex knowledge, experience, and needs scales for people with intellectual disabilities (SexKen-ID), people with physical disabilities (SexKen-PD), and the general population (SexKen-GP), Research in Developmental Disabilities, July 1999, vol. 20, no. 4.
(Heaton) Let's Talk about Health; What every women should know. ARC of NEw Jersey, 1995.
(Hingsburger) Difference, Sex, and Power
(Nelson)."Prenatal Diagnosis, Personal Identity, and Disability". Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal - Volume 10, Number 3, September 2000, pp. 213-228
(O'Connor) Will we grow out of it? A psychotherapy group for people with learning disabilities, Psychodynamic Counselling, Vo. 7, No. 3, August, 2001.
(Olsen). "Down Syndrome: Interaction between Culture, Demography, and Biology in Determining the Prevalence of a Genetic Trait". Human Biology - Volume 75, Number 4, August 2003, pp. 503-520
(Pierangelo and Crane) Complete Guide to Special Education Transition Services: Ready-to-Use Help and Materials for Successful Transitions from School to Adulthood. (1997) Des Moines: Center for Applied Research in Education, Simon & Schuster.
Roeher) The Right to control our Bodies, Roeher Institute, 1991.
(Shepperdson) "The Control of Sexuality in Young People with Down's Syndrome." Child: Care, Health and Development, 1995, Vol. 21, No. 5: 333-349.

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