In this article, we draw on our experiences of law reform in Ireland to explore how to create a
definition of consent to sex that is inclusive of people with cognitive disabilities. Using critical …

This article addresses the right to legal capacity to consent to sex of people with intellectual
disabilities. Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities …

In this paper, we seek to radically reframe the legal construct of consent from a disability
perspective. Drawing on feminist scholarship and human rights standards around 'free and …

After analysing the concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, hereafter referred to as the Committee, this paper examines how the Committee …

Consent determination is a common practice that has been championed as a logical
approach (Lyden in Sex Disabil 25 (1): 3–20, 2007) to the sexual activity of individuals with …

Accessible summary People with learning disabilities may not know about sexual
relationships. People with learning disabilities may need education about sexual …

Within the learning disability field, there has for some time been an ongoing debate about
how to balance people's rights to sexual autonomy with appropriate protection from abuse …

Accessible summary• This paper talks about what a group of people with intellectual
disabilities in Ireland had to say about their experiences of relationships and sexuality, and …

People with an intellectual disability experience a protective regime when it comes to their
sexuality. Families, carers, services and others mediate their experiences and act as …

Within contemporary policy documents regarding intellectual disability and sexuality we
often find a progress narrative that contrasts a dark past, when the sexuality of disabled …