'Love Makes Me Feel Good inside and My Heart Is Fixed': What Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Have to Say about Love and Relationships

Autor/inn/en	McCarthy, Michelle; Bates, Claire; Elson, Nicola; Hunt, Siobhan; Milne-Skillman, Karen; Forrester--Jones, Rachel
Titel	'Love Makes Me Feel Good inside and My Heart Is Fixed': What Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Have to Say about Love and Relationships
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35 (2022) 4, S.955-965 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McCarthy, Michelle)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.12893
Schlagwörter	Attitudes; Adults; Intellectual Disability; Intimacy; Interpersonal Relationship; Foreign Countries; Barriers; Social Services; Personal Autonomy; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Intimität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausland; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Individuelle Autonomie; Großbritannien
Abstract	Background: Adults with intellectual disabilities have historically been hindered, rather than supported, in their desire to form loving relationships. This paper sought to explore with them what kinds of support they wanted in the 21st Century. Method: Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 40 adults with intellectual disabilities in the United Kingdom. Results: Participants placed a high value on having a partner and being supported to maintain and develop a loving relationship. The factors which constrained them in achieving this included a lack of social opportunities, barriers created by social care services and limits on them exercising autonomy. Facilitating factors included access to specialist dating agencies, strong family and staff support and opportunities to learn about relationships. Conclusions: The importance of a loving relationship as a source of pleasure and meaning in the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities who are often disadvantaged in many other spheres of life is emphasised. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01