Learning Difficulties and Sexual Vulnerability Format:Trade Paperback Alex Durig provides a host

Alex Durig provides a host of ideas and examples that enable the reader to understand the phenomenon of autism

social workers and psychologists

with the hindsight gained in adult life that it is better to spend energy learning to be happy

she looks at the concepts of 'self' and 'other' and talks about the people in our lives - how to relate to them

Learning Difficulties and Sexual Vulnerability Format:Trade Paperback Alex Durig provides a hostPeople with learning difficulties are considerably more likely to experience sexual violence than those without, and for this reason they are often described as 'vulnerable'. However, the use of this label can in fact increase risk. This book argues that the act of treating adults with learning difficulties as 'vulnerable' and in need of protection strips them of their autonomy and leaves them with fewer of the skills which are needed to protect