A Deviation Too Many? Healthcare Professionals' Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Patients with Intellectual Disability Disrupting Norms Regarding Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity

Autor/inn/en	Sommarö, Susanna; Andersson, Agneta; Skagerström, Janna
Titel	A Deviation Too Many? Healthcare Professionals' Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Patients with Intellectual Disability Disrupting Norms Regarding Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33 (2020) 6, S.1199-1209 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sommarö, Susanna) ORCID (Andersson, Agneta) ORCID (Skagerström, Janna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.12739
Schlagwörter	Intellectual Disability; LGBTQ People; Knowledge Level; Attitudes; Sexual Identity; Allied Health Personnel; Social Attitudes; Barriers; Inclusion; Foreign Countries; Rehabilitation Centers; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Wissensbasis; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Inklusion; Ausland; Rehabilitation center; Rehabilitation centre; Rehabilitation centres; Rehabilitationszentrum; Schweden
Abstract	Background: People with intellectual disability (ID) have few role models for sexual expression and behaviour, and those who identify as LGBTQ experience dual marginalization. The aim of this study is to explore knowledge and attitudes concerning patients with both ID and norm-breaking sexuality and/or gender identity among healthcare professionals in habilitation centres. Method: Data were collected from four focus group interviews that included 19 healthcare professionals from child and adult teams at two Swedish habilitation centres. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Three themes were identified as follows: heteronormative treatment in health care, barriers for inclusion and possibilities for inclusion. Conclusions: Norm-breaking sexuality and gender identity are still relatively invisible in habilitation centres. People with ID are still predominately desexualized and perceptions regarding their sexuality are lagging behind the rest of society. Conditions that allow for more LGBTQ-affirmative practice were described by the teams that have undergone LGBTQ training. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01