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Concepts from assertiveness training literature are presented as pertinent to the sexual expression of persons with spinal cord injuries. This article describes sexual assertiveness and spinal cord injury, who might benefit from these techniques, and suggestions for trying them out.
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Dunn, M., Lloyd, E.E. & Phelps, G.H. Sexual assertiveness in spinal cord injury. Sex Disabil 2, 293–300 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01101395
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