# The intellectually disabled and bodily autonomy **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 14, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intellectually-disabled-and-bodily-autonomy/944280 "2021-06-14T22:14:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intellectually-disabled-and-bodily-autonomy/944280/14 "2021-06-15T21:46:03Z")
In IMHO right now there’s a similar discussion going on in the context of elder homes populated with folks who weren’t ID, but are now somewhere along the dementia pathway leading to obliviousness. Which thread real quickly homed in on the idea of “capacity to consent”. So a similar issue as this thread but from a different cause. > [@Male, Sexually Active Octogenarian in Senior Home - Sweet & Harmless, or Predator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-sexually-active-octogenarian-in-senior-home-sweet-harmless-or-predator/944111): > > This article in HuffPost raised the question for me: The upshot: author’s widowed father (now deceased) moved into a senior retirement community and has been emotionally, romantically, and presumably physically involved with a succession of female residents. Suggest you read the article (and the comments!)-- it’s pretty interesting, and I know I’m not capturing the nuances. Both Dad and partners (some of them) suffer from dementia. A good friend of mine moved her widowed dad (who has dementia… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intellectually-disabled-and-bodily-autonomy/944280)._