Melanie Gadd

Masturbation, Autism and Learning Disabilities (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide for Parents and Professionals

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Intimate self-touch and masturbation can pose many difficulties for people with learning disabilities and/or on the autistic spectrum, particularly when it happens in public settings. This frank and thorough guide looks at societal, cultural and religious views of masturbation, how teens develop into sexual beings, the right to be sexual, how to masturbate, appropriate public and private behaviour, professional responsibilities and boundaries, and legal aspects of this topic. It also contains good practice responses providing examples of the issues and solutions in action.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787755628
• Artikelnr.: 61395624

Autorenporträt

Mel Gadd runs projects and training on sex and relationships, previously for FPA (Family Planning Association) where more than half of their clients had a learning disability and/or were on the autistic spectrum. She delivers trainings in schools, colleges and community settings. She now runs a social enterprise, Sex Education Company. Mel lives in Wales.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Language and masturbation
Benefits and harm of masturbation
What else could it be?
Physical and emotional development
How to masturbate
Masturbating if you are transgender
Law and masturbation
Faith and masturbation
Relationships and sex education delivered in school
Teaching about masturbation
Masturbation education activities
Parents and professionals - working together
Sex toys, fetish items, pornography, sexting, sex workers
Common situations and good practice responses
Sexual behaviour and sex education care plan
Developing a masturbation policy
Glossary
References