‘Some people are not allowed to love’: intimate citizenship in the lives of people labelled with intellectual disabilities |
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| Authors: | Esther Ignagni Ann Fudge Schormans Katherine Runswick-Cole |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Disability Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada;2. School of Social Work, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;3. Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK |
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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. |
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| Keywords: | Intimacy citizenship rights arts-informed love sex |
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