Cardiff University | Prifysgol Caerdydd ORCA
Online Research @ Cardiff 
WelshClear Cookie - decide language by browser settings

Why has so little progress been made in the practice of occupational therapy in relation to sexuality?

McGrath, Margaret and Sakellariou, Dikaios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2668-2834 2015. Why has so little progress been made in the practice of occupational therapy in relation to sexuality? American Journal of Occupational Therapy 70 (1) , pp. 1-5. 10.5014/ajot.2016.017707

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Despite recognition of the rights of disabled people to sexuality, occupational therapists continue to not address sexuality in practice. This failure can be understood as a consequence of social discourses relating to sexuality and disability and a professional discourse that values certain occupations over others. Given the importance of sexuality to the human experience and the evidence of the link between the opportunity for sexual expression and well-being, occupational therapists need to change their practice in relation to sexuality and disability. One method of achieving this change may be to adopt a rights-based approach to sexuality and disability. This article presents the possibilities offered by such an approach, discusses implications for occupational therapy practitioners, and proposes suggestions for future actions to ensure that the rights of disabled people to sexuality are embedded in occupational therapy practice.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Healthcare Sciences
Subjects: R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Publisher: American Occupational Therapy Association
ISSN: 0272-9490
Date of Acceptance: 2015
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2022 08:38
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/71601

Citation Data

Cited 12 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item Edit Item