Sexuality among People with Physical Disability

• Main Authors: Birgul Elbozan Cumurcu, Rifat Karlidag, Behice Han Almis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 2012-03-01
• Series: Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar
• Subjects: Physical disability; sexuality; quality of life
• Online Access: http://www.cappsy.org/archives/vol4/no1/cap_04_06.pdf

Physical disability is termed as disturbance or defect which impede or eliminate human body’s ability by disturbing human structure and shape. Physical disability may occur due to neonatal, natal or postnatal causes. People with physical disability have some natural needs as everyone. They are known to have difficulties in many areas of life. In society, sexual lives of these individuals are treated as an unknown and ignored issue, and moreover it has been assumed that they have no such needs. Disabled patients experience many troubles in their life domains including sexuality. This article provides information about physical disability and sexuality, and difficulties with which disabled people faces in their sexual life and overviews literature on this topic.