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Julia Bahner. Foto: Linnea Bengtsson.

Julia Bahner

Associate professor

Julia Bahner. Foto: Linnea Bengtsson.

Access to sexuality : Disabled people's experiences of multiple barriers

Author

  • Julia Bahner

Editor

  • Hanna Egard
  • Kristofer Hansson
  • David Wästerfors

Summary, in English

This chapter concerns disabled people’s experiences of barriers to accessing sexuality. It draws on an analysis of materials produced in ten projects by civil society organisations, including self-advocacy organisations, sexual rights organisations and organisations working on behalf of disabled people. These materials comprise books, handbooks, videos, websites and other online materials, and are based on the lived experiences of people with intellectual disability and mobility impairments. The projects mainly focus on providing information about sexuality and relationships, sexual and gender identity issues, and experiences of disability services in relation to sexuality. The analysis identifies the following types of sexual access barriers: (1) inadequate information, (2) psycho-emotional barriers, (3) relational barriers, (4) support-related barriers, and (5) policy barriers. These barriers to sexual access are often related to general disabling barriers and ableist norms. This intersection of barriers at personal, social, organisational and policy levels greatly impacts on disabled people’s opportunities in their sexual lives specifically, and as equal citizens generally.

Department/s

  • Civil Society and Social Movements
  • School of Social Work

Publishing year

2021-11-10

Language

English

Pages

123-139

Publication/Series

Accessibility Denied : Understanding Inaccessibility and Everyday Resistance to Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
  • Social Work
  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • sexualitet
  • Funktionsnedsättning
  • funktionshinder
  • Civilsamhälle

Status

Published

Project

  • Sexuality - an access issue

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781003120452