We understand how difficult it is to our culture and our society to address the issue of human sexuality in general, affective charge full of prejudices and taboos. Even more difficult is when it comes to the sexuality of a person suffering a disability.
Therefore, addressing this issue requires a vision global and interdisciplinary approaches as opposed to exclusive, or partially sighted when facing this issue.
This is necessary to consider the different dimensions of human sexuality: biological / behavioral / cultural / psycho / psychosocial and consider that a positive way to live as sexual being will be the foundation of good health and quality of life of different members of our society (regardless of gender / age / special characteristics or mode of living one's sexuality). And, as discussed below, people with disabilities belong to one of the minorities who have been denied any possibility of system to meet your needs emotional and sexual.
If we make a historical say that until 50-60 years of last century, people with disabilities live segregated in the family or in institutions, and no relation with the opposite sex other than the family or professionals. From the earliest years of life we \u200b\u200bneed to relate to other people not of our family and people our age
In 1971, the sexual rights of people with intellectual retardation are guaranteed by law with the Declaration of the Rights of Persons with Retardation Mental, although these rights are, largely without. In the years 80-90
begin to develop sex education programs dedicated to information and prevention of risks related to sexual activity of people with disabilities.
The awareness that many people with disabilities are sexually abused stressed the emphasis on preventive education.
At a time now in our society there has been talk of normalcy and integration (school work), except when to admit that the disabled have instincts, desires and sexual life. When they gave some signs of sexual interest, were treated as sexually obsessed. It was even recently put drastic measures such as the systematic sterilization of people with disability.
Debemos pensar en un modelo de intervención que parta del respeto por la biografía de la persona discapacitada, incluyendo en ésta sus relaciones familiares y las características del centro donde esté. Desde un enfoque profesional se le deben ofrecer posibilidades de resolver sus necesidades interpersonales y también, si fuera su decisión, las de intimidad sexual.
Para ello debemos estructurar una actuación basada en cuatro ejes:
- Las necesidades interpersonales
- La nueva visión de la sexualidad humana
- Los criterios de salud sexual
- La especificad de la sexualidad en personas con discapacidad
Es recomendable recurrir a asociaciones de apoyo, en ocasiones específicas con la minusvalía. Everyone
interpersonal needs throughout their life cycle is similar interpersonal needs, which can be summarized as:
- Need for emotional security and self-esteem.
- Need for a network of social relations beyond the family.
- Need contact and emotional and sexual intimacy. Need for emotional security and self
The emotional security that is known and accepted unconditionally protected, and self-esteem or known lovable and capable of loving are the first and most fundamental of interpersonal needs. Friends need
From the earliest years of life we \u200b\u200bneed to relate to different people. In the person with disabilities is to promote a 'third environment', beyond family and school. Need to contact and emotional and sexual intimacy
Human beings need physical contact (touch and be touched, to caress and be caressed, holding and being held) and intimacy (need to express, understand and share emotions), need working out, from childhood to old age, with parents, relatives, friends, partners and children. Persons with disabilities who, in the case of mental disability are often very tactile and less repressed in relation to body contact, meet this need with parents and their caregivers. But often they can not meet your needs emotional intimacy and sexual needs more explicit. Often the only recourse, sometimes pursued in spite of being natural and healthy, is to masturbation, a resource that allows sexual gratification (arousal and orgasm), but not feel the contact and intimacy with another person.
the limitations of mental retardation, family overprotection, lack of environments that interact with peers, not recognizing their need for sexual intimacy, and so on., Are difficult if not impossible, for people with disabilities have a genuine interpersonal life.
Therefore, addressing this issue requires a vision global and interdisciplinary approaches as opposed to exclusive, or partially sighted when facing this issue.
This is necessary to consider the different dimensions of human sexuality: biological / behavioral / cultural / psycho / psychosocial and consider that a positive way to live as sexual being will be the foundation of good health and quality of life of different members of our society (regardless of gender / age / special characteristics or mode of living one's sexuality). And, as discussed below, people with disabilities belong to one of the minorities who have been denied any possibility of system to meet your needs emotional and sexual.
If we make a historical say that until 50-60 years of last century, people with disabilities live segregated in the family or in institutions, and no relation with the opposite sex other than the family or professionals. From the earliest years of life we \u200b\u200bneed to relate to other people not of our family and people our age
In 1971, the sexual rights of people with intellectual retardation are guaranteed by law with the Declaration of the Rights of Persons with Retardation Mental, although these rights are, largely without. In the years 80-90
begin to develop sex education programs dedicated to information and prevention of risks related to sexual activity of people with disabilities.
The awareness that many people with disabilities are sexually abused stressed the emphasis on preventive education.
At a time now in our society there has been talk of normalcy and integration (school work), except when to admit that the disabled have instincts, desires and sexual life. When they gave some signs of sexual interest, were treated as sexually obsessed. It was even recently put drastic measures such as the systematic sterilization of people with disability.
Debemos pensar en un modelo de intervención que parta del respeto por la biografía de la persona discapacitada, incluyendo en ésta sus relaciones familiares y las características del centro donde esté. Desde un enfoque profesional se le deben ofrecer posibilidades de resolver sus necesidades interpersonales y también, si fuera su decisión, las de intimidad sexual.
Para ello debemos estructurar una actuación basada en cuatro ejes:
- Las necesidades interpersonales
- La nueva visión de la sexualidad humana
- Los criterios de salud sexual
- La especificad de la sexualidad en personas con discapacidad
Es recomendable recurrir a asociaciones de apoyo, en ocasiones específicas con la minusvalía. Everyone
interpersonal needs throughout their life cycle is similar interpersonal needs, which can be summarized as:
- Need for emotional security and self-esteem.
- Need for a network of social relations beyond the family.
- Need contact and emotional and sexual intimacy. Need for emotional security and self
The emotional security that is known and accepted unconditionally protected, and self-esteem or known lovable and capable of loving are the first and most fundamental of interpersonal needs. Friends need
From the earliest years of life we \u200b\u200bneed to relate to different people. In the person with disabilities is to promote a 'third environment', beyond family and school. Need to contact and emotional and sexual intimacy
Human beings need physical contact (touch and be touched, to caress and be caressed, holding and being held) and intimacy (need to express, understand and share emotions), need working out, from childhood to old age, with parents, relatives, friends, partners and children. Persons with disabilities who, in the case of mental disability are often very tactile and less repressed in relation to body contact, meet this need with parents and their caregivers. But often they can not meet your needs emotional intimacy and sexual needs more explicit. Often the only recourse, sometimes pursued in spite of being natural and healthy, is to masturbation, a resource that allows sexual gratification (arousal and orgasm), but not feel the contact and intimacy with another person.
the limitations of mental retardation, family overprotection, lack of environments that interact with peers, not recognizing their need for sexual intimacy, and so on., Are difficult if not impossible, for people with disabilities have a genuine interpersonal life.
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