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“Lost in the literature.” People with intellectual disabilities who identify as trans: a narrative review

Keates, Nathan, Dewar, Eleanor and Waldock, Krysia Emily (2022) “Lost in the literature.” People with intellectual disabilities who identify as trans: a narrative review. Tizard Learning Disability Review. ISSN 1359-5474

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Abstract

Purpose
This narrative review aims to examine how trans people with intellectual disabilities are perceived and discussed in the academic literature.

Design/methodology/approach
A narrative review was carried out to better understand the positioning of people with intellectual disabilities who identify as trans.

Findings
There was a lack of clear terminology, an over medicalization of both people with intellectual disabilities and trans people and evidence that identifying with a non-conforming gender identity was seen as a problem by services. Services need to be better informed about issues around gender identity so that they are able to better support trans people with intellectual disabilities.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no previous literature review has focused only on trans people with intellectual disabilities.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: learning disabilities, transgender, medicalisation, intellectual disability, perceptions, trans
Depositing User: Nathan Keates

Identifiers

Item ID: 16027
ISSN: 1359-5474
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/16027
Official URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.110...

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Date Deposited: 11 May 2023 14:18
Last Modified: 02 Oct 2024 14:25

Contributors

Author: Nathan Keates
Author: Eleanor Dewar
Author: Krysia Emily Waldock

University Divisions

University of Sunderland in London

Subjects

Social Sciences

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