Sexuality and Mental Retardation [including]"Ethical Issues Concerning Mentally Handicapped Persons."

Autor/inn/en	Adam, Heidemarie; Gudalefsky, Adam B.
Titel	Sexuality and Mental Retardation [including]"Ethical Issues Concerning Mentally Handicapped Persons."
Quelle	(1986), (49 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Adults; Attitudes; Bias; Ethics; Foreign Countries; Instructional Materials; Interpersonal Relationship; Mental Retardation; Moral Values; Normalization (Handicapped); Residential Programs; Sex Education; Sexuality; West Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Ethik; Ausland; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Geistige Behinderung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Sexualität
Abstract	The paper documents two presentations made during a pre-congress course of the Ninth World Congress of the International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicaps. The course, titled "Sexuality and Mental Retardation," was held in August 1986. Part I discusses the topic's theoretical aspects, such as moral perceptions of sexuality, the possibilities opened up by normalization, and prejudices and misjudgments made concerning mentally retarded individuals' sexuality. Part II of the first presentation reports on the development of relationships between West German institutionalized men and women when the concept of mixed-sex living was introduced. Suggestions for sexuality education programs for the mentally handicapped focus on body image, appropriate behavior, puberty, pregnancy, and childbirth. Sample instructional materials accompany the paper. The second presentation, included in an appendix, consists of a paper by A. Gudalefsky titled "Ethical Issues Concerning Mentally Handicapped Persons." The paper relates ethics to the nature of human society, cites United Nations documents dealing with the rights of the handicapped, and discusses issues such as the handicapped's right to life and right to education. (JDD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC