Sexuality in Disability and Illness |  |
Learning ObjectivesAfter completing this chapter, you should be able to:
| Explain how the language we use to talk about disabilities affects our perceptions of persons with disabilities or obvious illnesses. |
| Describe how age at onset of a disability or illness affects a person's sexual socialization. |
| List and describe the physical and mental capacities required to engage in sexual behavior. |
| Describe how visual and hearing impairments can affect sexuality. |
| Explain which of the physical and mental capacities required for sexual behavior are affected by cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. |
| Summarize what is known about sexual functioning after spinal cord injury. |
| List and describe two common psychiatric conditions that affect sexual expression. |
| Explain why sexual expression among those with mental retardation presents a special challenge. |
| Describe how cardiovascular diseases --especially coronary problems, hypertension, and cerebrovascular accidents-- and their treatments have an impact on sexual behavior. |
| Describe how diabetes affects sexual functioning. |
| Explain why HIV infection may now be considered a chronic disease that affects sexual expression. |
| Summarize how cancer and cancer treatments affect sexual expression. |
| Describe how skin problems, amputations, and ostomies present special difficulties in sexual expression. |
| Explain how a personal care attendant can facilitate sexual expression among persons with severe disabilities. |
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