Sexuality Research and Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

The International Handbook of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 310-334

  Griffiths, Dorothy M ^a   Watson, Shelley L ^b   Lewis, Tanya ^a   Stoner, Karen ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Eugenics movement; Intellectual disabilities; Sexual attitudes; Sexuality education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948968327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713198.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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