Implications for practice: research into the effects of sexual abuse on adults with intellectual disabilities

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to gather information that will be useful to practitioners who are assessing and trying to understand the difficulties of people with intellectual disabilities who may have experienced sexual abuse. In the first part of this paper the research into the effects of sexual abuse on people with learning disability is reviewed. In the second part of this paper, the major clinical implications of these findings are explored. These include the implications for abuse evaluations, identification of individuals at increased risk of disturbance, implications for treatment and provision of psychotherapeutic services.

Citation

Sequeira, H. (2006), "Implications for practice: research into the effects of sexual abuse on adults with intellectual disabilities", The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 25-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200600026