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fandomsecrets2016-06-14 05:58 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2016-06-14 05:58 pm
[ SECRET POST #3450 ]
⌈ Secret Post #3450 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Cracked After Hours]
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[Disney's Sword in the Stone]
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[Pokémon Sun and Moon]
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(Charlie Hunnam)
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[Jodie Foster]
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[New Blood]
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[DC Rebirth]
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[Jane the virgin / Juana la virgen]
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If you're talking about someone with autism who also happens to fall into category of mental retardation, that is a different question. Autism and mental retardation are not necessarily the same thing, though there does tend to be some crossover. This is also not to say that someone with a degree of retardation is incapable of giving consent! It is to say that in these cases one must carefully consider whether or not coercion or power imbalance is a factor in decision making.
There are plenty of people with mental disabilities who enter into willing, healthy, and fulfilling sexual relationships... so it's really sort of a case of needing to assess individual capabilities and boundaries.
I think the best example I've heard came from a prof I had in my first year psych classes in undergrad, where she described a couple she was counselling. Both were sub 90 IQ, one was autistic. They had been married for five years, quite happily, and were able to live together with minimal outside interference. The big question in that relationship came about when the couple wanted to consider raising children, and that's where the real discussions about competency and ability came up. They eventually, with counselling, decided that they would not conceive as it would prove too much for either of them to manage in addition to their normal routines.
To me this really shows that sex and sexuality are not that big of a deal as long as consequences are understood by all parties.
tl;dr It depends on the people in question, anon.
Re: warning tl;dr serious answer