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• Differences in definitions of intellectual disability and in disability
services make it inappropriate to generalise data across
countries (Servais, 2006).
• There is a paucity of studies that have assessed what persons
with intellectual disabilities themselves expect from sexuality in
terms of sexual intercourse, as well as affective relationships,
marriage, and child-raising. Also, the factors of possible
influence on these variables have not been documented, e.g.
disability level, life milieu, previous sex education, gender (Conod
& Servais, 2008).
<strong>Literature</strong> <strong>Review</strong> on Provision of Appropriate and Accessible
Support to People with an Intellectual Disability who are
Experiencing Crisis Pregnancy
• In general people who participate in research studies are those
who are known to disability organisations and health and social
care services, and therefore participants do not include people
with intellectual disability who have not been identified and
referred to services.
1.5 Population with an intellectual or learning disability
The ‘First Results’ published on the 2006 National Disability Survey
indicate that there were 71,600 people with an intellectual and learning
disability in Ireland. Of these 61% were male (43, 676) and 39% were
female (27,924). 70% - or 50,120 people - had been diagnosed with an
intellectual disability. Table 1 below presents data on the age and level of
disability profile for women up to age 54.