Overview
- Provides a snapshot of the current state of research into the sexual behaviors and interests of autistics
- Addresses gaps in the literature on the sexual behaviour of autistics
- Gives recommendations for future research in the field
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research (BRIEFSWELLBEING)
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
Keywords
- Autistics and Sexual Orientation
- Autistics and Online Sexual Behaviours
- Autistics in Domestic Violence situations
- Autistic pregnant women
- Autistics and gender reassignment surgery
- Gender identity and gender expression of autistics
- Relationship breakup and divorce of autistics
- Sexual education and autistics
- Autistics as parents
About this book
This SpringerBrief provides readers with a comprehensive snapshot of contemporary research about autistics and their experiences and insights of sexual behaviours and interests. The authors use a scoping review approach to canvass the diverse literature on this topic. This approach shows many gaps in scholarly understanding about autistics and their experiences and insights of sexual interests and behaviours. Some of the gaps relate to sex education, gender dysphoria and gender reassignment surgery, pregnancy and childbirth, and domestic violence experiences of autistics. The book addresses these gaps and provides explanations and recommendations for further research.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Emma Goodall is an autism author, researcher, keynote speaker and consultant based in South Australia. Emma combines her professional and academic skills and knowledge with her lived experience of autism to help people understand what it means to be on the autistic spectrum and how different life is for those on and not on the spectrum. Emma is passionate about helping families and schools to facilitate success for children on the spectrum. Emma lives in Adelaide with her partner and their dog. She is also on theexecutive committees of the Australian Society for Autism Research.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sexual Behaviours and Relationships of Autistics
Book Subtitle: A Scoping Review
Authors: Matthew Bennett, Emma Goodall
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65599-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65598-3Published: 01 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65599-0Published: 31 January 2021
Series ISSN: 2211-7644
Series E-ISSN: 2211-7652
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 67
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Employee Health and Wellbeing, Clinical Psychology