Sexuality, Disability, and the Law

Perlin, Michael L.; Lynch, Alison J.

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“…The most important aspect of this study is that it brought together families who experienced similar processes and enabled them to relax, support each other and share various emotional experiences. Studies advocate that children with intellectual disabilities and their families face social pressure and exclusion problems (Brown & McCann, 2017;Perlin & Lynch, 2016;Dekker et al, 2014;Pownall et al, 2011). Çelik (2018) complained that families could not reach experts when they needed help and information.…”

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The Effect of Sex Education Program on the Attitudes of the Families of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Uçar¹,

Karabulut²,

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It is extremely important to provide sex education to individuals with intellectual disabilities because they do not know where, when, and in which situations their sexual behavior is appropriate or not, and because they cannot control their sexuality. This study aimed to examine the effect of the Sex Education Program for Families of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (ZACEP) on the knowledge level of families of adults with intellectual disabilities and their attitudes towards their children’s sexual development and sex education. The research adopted a single group pre-test and post-test model, one of the experimental research models. The sample consisted of nine mothers. The effectiveness data of the study were collected through the Parental Sex Education Attitude Scale. SPSS packet program was used for data analysis. The pretest and posttest items were first analyzed with descriptive statistics, then frequency, percentage, and maximum-minimum values were calculated. The t-test analysis for dependent samples is required to compare the pretest and posttest scores of a single group. However, due to the number of participants (N=9), the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, which is the nonparametric equivalent of t-test, was used. Research findings showed that the ZACEP did not affect the mothers' attitudes towards the sexuality of adults with intellectual disabilities. Besides, the ZACEP did not affect parents' attitudes towards sexuality at item level.

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The Effect of Sex Education Program on the Attitudes of the Families of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

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Karabulut²,

Yılmaz³

et al. 2021

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“…182 In an article that dealt in part with cases involving individuals charged with crimes who had been diagnosed with ASD, one of the authors of this paper, MLP, wrote with two others: "Psychological testing and a comprehensive review of relevant contributing developmental factors can yield critical information that can provide mitigation and potential solutions consistent with the goals of therapeutic jurisprudence." 183 In a previous article, MLP argued that "humiliation and shaming contravene basic fundamental human rights and raise important constitutional questions." 184 These practices "lead to recidivism, inhibit rehabilitation, discourage treatment, and injure victims."…”

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"Something's Happening Here/But You Don't Know What It Is": How Jurors (Mis)Construe Autism in the Criminal Trial Process

Perlin¹,

Cucolo²

2021

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“…37 (Best 2012, p. 488). 38 See e.g., Perlin and Lynch (2014), Sexless Patients, supra note 2; Perlin and Lynch (2016), supra note 2. 39 See e.g., Perlin and Cucolo (2017b), supra note 6, § § 5-4.6 to 5-4.7.…”

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“…12 See Perlin (1997b, pp. 947, 965); Perlin and Lynch (2016), supra note 2, at 29-30. 13 See, e.g., Gary W. V. Louisiana, 437 F. Supp.…”

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Sex, Sexuality, Sexual Offending and the Rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities

Perlin

Cucolo

Lynch

2017

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Although the legal issues related to sexual autonomy and sexual offending are significantly different, the resistance to providing adequate and effective counsel and the employment of the vividness heuristic (to privilege anecdote and reject valid and reliable research) is similar in both cases. The past forty years has seen an explosion of interest in mental disability law, and a significant expansion of rights for the population of persons with mental disabilities, both in institutions and the community, during which the society has witnessed a revolution in American mental disability law. It saw the first broad-based, federal civil rights statutes enacted on behalf of persons with mental disabilities. It witnessed the creation of a "patients' bar" to provide legal representation to such persons. But this revolution largely bypassed persons seeking to argue for sexual autonomy and seeking to apply procedural and substantive due process to matters involving invocation of the sexually violent predator status. However, at the same time that all this happened, another parallel set of developments has had a profound application on mental disability law-on case law, statutes, administrative regulations and lawyers' roles. The expansion of the school of legal analysis known as therapeutic jurisprudence has caused scholars to reconsider many of the basic principles of this area of law, and it is critical that any analysis of mental disability law take the insights of this area seriously. The question we address in this paper is this: although there has been a general "revolution" in mental disability law, there are those whom it has not affected. To what extent does the law that governs sexual autonomy and that governs matters involving alleged sexually violent predators comport with these therapeutic jurisprudence principles? This paper considers that question.

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Sexuality, Disability, and the Law

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The Effect of Sex Education Program on the Attitudes of the Families of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

The Effect of Sex Education Program on the Attitudes of the Families of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

"Something's Happening Here/But You Don't Know What It Is": How Jurors (Mis)Construe Autism in the Criminal Trial Process

Sex, Sexuality, Sexual Offending and the Rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities

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