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Cross-Cultural Views of Disability and Sexuality: Experiences of a Group of Ethno-Racial Women with Physical Disabilities

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The field of sexuality research as it pertains to women with physical disabilities from different ethno-cultural communities is limited. This may be due to the lack of understanding among health care providers and researchers regarding the issues related to sexuality for women with disabilities. The impact of cultural beliefs and values related to sex and sexuality can further hinder women with disabilities from expressing themselves as 'sexual beings.' The purpose of this paper is: 1) identify issues and barriers experienced by women with disabilities from different ethno-cultural communities within an urban setting and 2) identify commonalities in experience of women with disabilities along the lines of cultural values about disability and gender.

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  1. Department of Physical Therapy and Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Toronto; Ontario Ministry of Health Career Scientist, Canada

    K. K. Yoshida (Associate Professor)

  2. Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre-Women's College Site, Canada

    A. Li (Staff Physiotherapist)

  3. Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Canada

    F. Odette (Research Assistant)

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Yoshida, K.K., Li, A. & Odette, F. Cross-Cultural Views of Disability and Sexuality: Experiences of a Group of Ethno-Racial Women with Physical Disabilities. Sexuality and Disability 17, 321–337 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021329713471

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