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    A Welsh Study of Couples Handicapped from Birth by Mental, Physical or Personality Disorder

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Marriage
    Despite handicaps of low mental ability, deprived backgrounds or psychiatric and physical disability, most married couples with disabilities manage to give and receive much personal satisfaction and pleasure in their marriages. This is of special interest to professionals and social workers, who in the course of their jobs are called upon to give support and service to people with mental ... Read more

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  • Practice Issues in Sexuality and Learning Disabilities

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    Practice Issues in Sexuality and Learning Disabilities explores the sexual behaviour of people with learning difficulties and addresses issues of concern such as sexual abuse, HIV and AIDS, service provision for those from ethnic minorities, the development of policy guidelines and the implementation of such guidelines in this intensely personal area. Ann Craft draws upon professional expertise ... Read more

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