But it's not all about the sex: Mothering, normalisation and young learning disabled people

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-74

  Rogers, Chrissie ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intimacy; Learning disability; Mothering; Normalisation; Sex; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949123812     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590903363365     Document Type: Article

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