Some people are not allowed to love: intimate citizenship in the lives of people with learning disabilities

Ignani, E (2016) Some people are not allowed to love: intimate citizenship in the lives of people with learning disabilities. DISABILITY & SOCIETY, 31. ISSN 0968-7599

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Abstract

Disability helps us think differently about the ‘ideal’ neoliberal-able citizen who may not equate to ideas of productive, sexual, ‘normal’. Intimate citizenship – our rights and access to intimacy – is often ignored by those working with people labelled with intellectual disabilities and in research. In this article, we discuss the outcome of a dialogue between self-advocates labelled with intellectual disabilities, academics, service providers, Aboriginal leaders, students and artists about intimate citizenship through love, intimate work and consumption.