Sexuality, Intimacy, and Persons We Label Mentally Retarded: What They Think--What We Think.

Heshusius, Lous

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ERIC Number: EJ268409

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982-Aug

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Sexuality, Intimacy, and Persons We Label Mentally Retarded: What They Think--What We Think.

Heshusius, Lous

Mental Retardation, v20 n4 p164-68 Aug 1982

Naturalistic research, in which persons labeled mentally retarded express their perceptions of intimacy and sexuality, is reviewed. Readers are urged to reexamine ideas about "sex and the mentally retarded," as well as professional practices and attitudes. (Author)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Mental Retardation, Psychological Needs, Research Methodology, Sexuality

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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