Deafening silence on a vital issue : the World Health Organization has ignored the sexuality of persons with disabilities

dc.contributor.authorPeta, Christineen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-29T07:04:11Z
dc.date.available2019-08-29T07:04:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionCITATION: Peta, C. 2018. Deafening silence on a vital issue : the World Health Organization has ignored the sexuality of persons with disabilities. African Journal of Disability, 7:a474, doi:10.4102/ajod.v7i0.474.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://ajod.org
dc.description.abstractIn 2016, the World Health Organization, through the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology Initiative, issued the Priority Assistive Products List which is meant to be a guide to member states of the 50 assistive products needed for a basic health care and/or social welfare system; it is also a model from which nations can develop their national priority assistive products lists. The aim of this opinion paper is to share my views about the Priority Assistive Products List on the grounds that it makes no distinct mention of sexual assistive devices, yet research has indicated that sexuality is an area of great concern for persons with disabilities. In any case, sexuality forms a core part of being human, and it impacts on both the physical and mental well-being of all human beings. I conclude in part that, in its present format, the list perpetuates the myth that persons with disabilities are asexual beings who are innocent of sexual thoughts, feelings and experiences. The list also propagates the stereotype that sexuality is a sacred, private, bedroom matter that should be kept out of the public domain, to the detriment of the health and well-being of persons with disabilities.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://ajod.org/index.php/AJOD/article/view/474
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent3 pages
dc.identifier.citationPeta, C. 2018. Deafening silence on a vital issue : the World Health Organization has ignored the sexuality of persons with disabilities. African Journal of Disability, 7:a474, doi:10.4102/ajod.v7i0.474
dc.identifier.issn2226-7220 (online)
dc.identifier.issn2223-9170 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.4102/ajod.v7i0.474
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106398
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectPeople with disabilities -- Services foren_ZA
dc.subjectPeople with disabilities -- Medical careen_ZA
dc.subjectWorld Health Organization. Assistive Products Listen_ZA
dc.titleDeafening silence on a vital issue : the World Health Organization has ignored the sexuality of persons with disabilitiesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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