Sexual Citizenship and Disability

This book explores what ‘sexual citizenship’ means in practice for people with mobility impairments who may need professional support to engage in sexual activity.

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What does ‘sexual citizenship’ mean in practice for people with mobility impairments



who may need professional support to engage in sexual activity?



The book explores this subject through empirical investigation based on



case studies conducted in four countries – Sweden, England, Australia and the



Netherlands – and develops the abstract notion of ‘sexual citizenship’ to make



it practically relevant to disabled people, professionals in disability services and



policy-makers.



Through a cross-national approach, it demonstrates the variability of how



sexual rights are understood and their culturally specific nature. It also shows



how the personal is indeed political: states’ different policy approaches change



the outcomes for disabled people in terms of support to explore and express their



sexualities.



By proposing a model of sexual facilitation that can be used in policy development,



to better cater to disabled service users’ needs as well as furthering the



theoretical understanding of sexual rights and sexual citizenship, this book will



be of interest to professionals in disability services and policy-makers as well as



academics and students working in the following subject areas: Disability Studies,



Sociology, Social Policy, Sexuality Studies/Sexology, Social Work, Nursing,



Occupational Therapy and Public Health.