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‘I don't want to get in trouble’: a study of how adults with intellectual disabilities convert and navigate intellectual disability sexual fields

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Pages 1230-1242 | Received 18 Dec 2020, Accepted 09 Jun 2021, Published online: 13 Jul 2021

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