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• According to Aunos & Feldman (2002)[7] workers, pr<strong>of</strong>essi<strong>on</strong>als<br />
<strong>and</strong> parents <strong>of</strong> pers<strong>on</strong>s with intellectual disability are still<br />
str<strong>on</strong>gly against procreati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> in favour <strong>of</strong> sterilisati<strong>on</strong>; these<br />
negative <str<strong>on</strong>g>Literature</str<strong>on</strong>g> attitudes <str<strong>on</strong>g>Review</str<strong>on</strong>g> are <strong>on</strong> associated Provisi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> with <strong>Appropriate</strong> outdated <strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Accessible</strong> prejudicial<br />
practices, Support particularly to People with with an respect Intellectual to parenting. Disability who are<br />
Experiencing Crisis Pregnancy<br />
• Special educati<strong>on</strong> teachers <strong>and</strong> university students hold more<br />
positive attitudes towards sexuality <strong>and</strong> sexuality educati<strong>on</strong><br />
programs than parents <strong>and</strong> service workers (Aunos & Feldman,<br />
2002).<br />
• In <strong>on</strong>e US study, there was substantially less support for a<br />
normalised life experience with respect to sexual behaviour<br />
for individuals with intellectual disabilities than in other areas<br />
(Scotti, Slack, Bowman <strong>and</strong> Morris, 1996).<br />
• Parenthood by people with moderate intellectual disabilities<br />
was c<strong>on</strong>sidered less positively than other aspects <strong>of</strong> sexuality<br />
by parents <strong>and</strong> staff groups in attitudinal research c<strong>on</strong>ducted in<br />
Australia (Cuskelly & Bryde, 2004). [8]<br />
• Members <strong>of</strong> the general public in research c<strong>on</strong>ducted in France<br />
(n=367) c<strong>on</strong>sidered that adults with intellectual disabilities’<br />
sexual relati<strong>on</strong>ships were more acceptable when c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong><br />
was being used. The participants’ main c<strong>on</strong>cerns centred <strong>on</strong> the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sequences <strong>of</strong> sexual relati<strong>on</strong>ships, <strong>and</strong> not <strong>on</strong> the sexual<br />
relati<strong>on</strong>ships per se; sexual relati<strong>on</strong>ships that could lead to<br />
procreati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> parenting am<strong>on</strong>g people with intellectual<br />
disability were not judged acceptable, even if the child could be<br />
cared for by a pers<strong>on</strong> without an intellectual disability; sexual<br />
relati<strong>on</strong>ships were judged to be moderately acceptable where<br />
the pers<strong>on</strong> with an intellectual disability was aut<strong>on</strong>omous, the<br />
7 Based <strong>on</strong> a review <strong>of</strong> literature from many different countries relating to attitudes<br />
towards sexuality, sterilisati<strong>on</strong>, procreati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> parenting by people with<br />
intellectual disability.<br />
8 Sample included parents <strong>of</strong> an adult with intellectual disability (43); support staff<br />
(62) <strong>and</strong> community sample (63).