P5-25-05
Choose 6 out of 10 questions - 1/2 page per answer (3 pages)
Email when finished, drop off, or fax by 5:00 Friday
Guest speaker - Sexuality and Disability
Regional Research Institute at PSU
Men with SCI - learn to slow down
may not get erections
deal with issues, discover it's not that important
Use imagination and creativity
talk about issues
can't move on if don't talk about issues, relationship may end
Grants - manufacturing knowledge based on values of current administration
Institutionalized abuse is huge problem among people with disabilities - organizations that
provide services to people with disabilities
organization uses power and control over people
VR was identified as a place where institutionalized abuse occurs
CAPS program will advocate for people who are having difficulties with various agencies
Individuals with disabilities do not usually report abuse
need structural access & also need attitudinal access
person with disability not seen as credible witnesses
Ideal VR counselor - listening, respect
Trade-offs
willing to put up with low-grade abuse because it's a known difficulty rather than
unknown
Training programs to prevent abuse for people with physical/psychiatric disabilities
lost funding
crisis intervention team
advocates
centers for independent living
Acquired disability -
do not have supports in medical system to learn about issues around sexuality &
relationships
psychosocial aspects ignored in current model
New Mobility magazine -
"love bites" column
Sexual surrogacy -
teach sexual touch, stand-in for intimate partner
Sexual coaching -
need to have $ to use coach, because coaches can't get 3rd party reimbursement
technical advisor
Use of erotic thought, fantasy