Sexuality and relationship experiences of women with spinal cord injury: reflections from an Indian context.

ABSTRACT: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most devastating physical disabilities. It leads to varying degrees of loss in sensations and mobility below the level of injury and causes loss in autonomic functions, such as bladder/bowel control, and sexual impairments. Research, mostly conducted in the developed western nations, reveals that coming to terms with one's sexuality after SCI is most crucial for early reintegration in the society and quality of life for persons with SCI. Thus, experts advocate that the sexual rehabilitation of persons with SCI is an integral component of comprehensive rehabilitation. In the Indian context, however, the sexuality of persons with SCI, particularly women, has been largely overlooked by the disability rights movement, and discourses on gender, sexuality a

SUBMITTER: Sharma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9090379 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature