Exploring Sexuality and Disability

ISBN-13: 9781032311548 / Twarda / 2023 / 400 str.

Opis

Offering a current, comprehensive and intersectional guide for students, practitioners, and researchers, this book synthesizes existing scholarship on culturally responsive practices that assist in exploring, understanding, and affirming the sexuality(ies) of disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent, and Mad individuals.

Recenzje

"By centering a disability justice framework and the various intersections of disability and sexuality, Exploring Sexuality and Disability: A Guide for Human Service Professionals challenges readers to reflect and unlearn existing biases and to expand their worldview to not only consider but prioritize the sexual rights of disabled communities. This comes at a pivotal time as the world still grapples with the realities of an ongoing pandemic yet continues to marginalize the needs and priorities of disabled people. This is an essential, practical resource that will serve as a catalyst for meaningful and necessary conversations for human service professionals and will undoubtedly lead to increased best practices in the field, as well as amplify the voices and demands of disabled people."

Jayleen Galarza Patterson, PhD, LCSW, CST, Associate Professor of Social Work and Gerontology, Shippensburg University

　

"This book does a phenomenal job of providing a much needed, intersectionally aware resource for professionals in the fields of sex and disability. It is also a necessary read for anyone working or training in the fields of health, wellness, communication, relationships, and more. The topics explored here are of vital importance to so many clients and patients, and the editor and authors have done an exceptional job of providing accessible, compassionate, and authentic perspectives."

Ruth Neustifter, PhD, RP, RMFT, Associate Professor University of Guelph, ON, Canada

　

"Discussing sexuality and disability with nuance, dissecting privilege, acknowledging neurodivergence, and not shying away from the fact that all people need to have access to sexuality education is refreshing. The abuse of disabled people has been living in the dark for far too long and this book not only brings to light the fact that it happens, but also gives ways to interrupt abusive cycles through concrete examples backed by research methodologies. I can’t wait to use this text in my classroom and teachings." –

Lexx Brown-James, PhD, LMFT, CSE, CSES, Founder @ The Institute, Swarthmore, PA, 19081

　

"This book is an impressive and fresh knowledge-share on disability and sexuality, providing an invaluable personal and professional resource with its research, lived experience, and observations. It covers an inclusive breadth of topics discussing how social, physical, and mental processes intersect and impact the sexual expression of disabled people. With Disability Justice rooted in every article's framing, readers can experience a unique educational opportunity by exploring modern-day sexual issues and best practices in a well-researched and comprehensive text."

Robin Wilson-Beattie, Disability Sexual and Reproductive Health Educator

Spis treści

0.Introduction.  Part One – History and Community Work.  1.A (Very Brief) History of Disability and Sexuality Policy.  2.Able-Bodied Women Killing Disabled Babies: How Modern Narratives on Disability and Abortion Erase Disabled People from the Reproductive Justice Movement.  3.For Us, By Us: Mutual Aid Efforts in Disabled Queer and Trans Communities.  Part Two – Exploring the Specifics.  4.Infinity and rainbows: Supporting the sexuality of neurodivergent people.  5.Access Isn’t Optional: Sexuality and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities.  6.Sexuality, Hearing Loss, and d/Deaf Individuals.  7."Love is Merely a Madness": Sexuality and Madness in a Cisheteropatriarchal Culture.  8.Blindness and Sexuality.  9.No Spoons for Spooning: Navigating Sexuality, Chronic Illness, and Chronic Pain.  Part Three – Diverse Types of Practice.  10.Disability-Affirming Sex Therapy.  11.Exploring a methodology of care: Creating research with disabled queer individuals and community.  12.Ready, Willing, and Able: Sexuality Education for Disabled Individuals.  13.Disabled and/or Chronically Ill Survivors of Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence.  14.Exploring the Intersections of Sex Work and Disability: What Helping Professionals Should Consider.  15.Resisting "Too Young": Anti-Adultism in Disability and Sexual Health Justice Advocacy.  Part Four – Across Intersecting Identities.  16.Racialization of Disability and Sexuality: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective within the U.S.  17.Navigating Disability and Sexuality in Old Age.  18.Trans Enough, Queer Enough, Disabled Enough: Exploring Issues of Gatekeeping and Legitimacy of Trans, Queer, and Disabled Identities through Sexuality.  19.We’ll Make Our Own Space: Making LGBTQ+ Spaces Accessible.  20.Sexual Well-Being Among Young Disabled People.  21.Compulsory Monogamy is Disabling: Connecting Disability Justice and Critical Non-monogamy.  22.Caring for Disabled Kinksters: Context & Practical Guidance for Providers.  23.Weight Stigma, Desirability & Disability.

O autorze

Shanna Katz Kattari, PhD, MEd, CSE, is a certified sexuality educator, an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, and the director of the [Sexuality | Relationships | Gender] Research Collective. Their work focuses on disability and ableism; sexuality and sexual health; and queer- and trans-affirming care. Find out more about their work at ShannaKattari.com.