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Sexuality Concerns for People with Disabilities
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Sexuality Concerns for People with Disabilities
1.Provide an overview of person/persons with a disability and how they are commonly
mischaracterized as asexual. In your description, please provide your own personal
reflections regarding your views about person/persons with disabilities and sexuality.
Persons with disabilities receive misconceptions around sexuality, as identified by
Pebdani and Tashjian (2022). According to them, one key sexual-based misconception of this
group is that they are “either asexual or unable to control themselves sexually," a fallacy shared
by the general public, parents of these persons, and professionals working with them. According
to the article, the precipitation of this notion stems from a variety of contributors, at the core
being societal stereotyping and misconceptions promoted by a lack of exposure and knowledge
about the strengths and limitations of persons with disabilities and their sexuality. The authors
discuss several precise issues associated with the growing misconception of persons with
disabilities as asexual beings. Among key factors include attitudes. Negative attitudes are cited
as a key contributor to the misconstruction of PWDs as asexual. These attitudes include the
perception of PWDS as unable to consent, unable to experience sexual desires (particularly
women), cannot perform or provide sexual gratification, and that they are vulnerable to abuse,
particularly those with psychological or intellectual disabilities. These attitudes cultivate notions
like androgyny, which adversely affect peoples’ insights about PWDs and inform their
discomfort and unwillingness to hold romantic or sexual relationships with them (Pebdani &
Tashjian, 2022).
Pebdani and Tashjian (2022) also find interlocking identities as contributive to sexual
misconception. These factors converge to forge complex problems that further contribute to the
negative perceptions of people with disabilities. These factors include gender, age, ethnicity,
culture, types of disability, and sexual identity, among others. Women with disabilities were
Sexuality Concerns for People with Disabilities
By (Student name)
Affiliation (School)
Course Title & Code
Instructor/Tutor
Date
, 2
Sexuality Concerns for People with Disabilities
1.Provide an overview of person/persons with a disability and how they are commonly
mischaracterized as asexual. In your description, please provide your own personal
reflections regarding your views about person/persons with disabilities and sexuality.
Persons with disabilities receive misconceptions around sexuality, as identified by
Pebdani and Tashjian (2022). According to them, one key sexual-based misconception of this
group is that they are “either asexual or unable to control themselves sexually," a fallacy shared
by the general public, parents of these persons, and professionals working with them. According
to the article, the precipitation of this notion stems from a variety of contributors, at the core
being societal stereotyping and misconceptions promoted by a lack of exposure and knowledge
about the strengths and limitations of persons with disabilities and their sexuality. The authors
discuss several precise issues associated with the growing misconception of persons with
disabilities as asexual beings. Among key factors include attitudes. Negative attitudes are cited
as a key contributor to the misconstruction of PWDs as asexual. These attitudes include the
perception of PWDS as unable to consent, unable to experience sexual desires (particularly
women), cannot perform or provide sexual gratification, and that they are vulnerable to abuse,
particularly those with psychological or intellectual disabilities. These attitudes cultivate notions
like androgyny, which adversely affect peoples’ insights about PWDs and inform their
discomfort and unwillingness to hold romantic or sexual relationships with them (Pebdani &
Tashjian, 2022).
Pebdani and Tashjian (2022) also find interlocking identities as contributive to sexual
misconception. These factors converge to forge complex problems that further contribute to the
negative perceptions of people with disabilities. These factors include gender, age, ethnicity,
culture, types of disability, and sexual identity, among others. Women with disabilities were
