Expressing sexuality is part of the human experience, yet sexual health is often ignored in
regard to persons with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities are at risk of sexual abuse …

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) experience multiple
barriers that may prevent them from understanding and exploring their own sexuality. These …

Contemporary family life educators operate within a wide range of settings and with
increasingly varied populations and families. In the fourth edition of Family Life Education …

Staff working with individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) play an important role in
enabling them to fulfill their sexual and romantic needs. Given the lack of recent reviews …

Background Adolescents with intellectual disabilities are probably twice as many people
without intellectual disabilities to be sexually abused by family members, caregivers, close …

Individuals with special needs are at an increased risk for sexual assault during childhood
as compared to their typically developing peers (Mahoney and Poling in J Dev Phys Disabil …

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have distinctive needs with respect to
sexual development and education. This pilot study evaluates the effectiveness of a parent …

Literature argues that people with disabilities have heightened risk of exposure to sexually
transmitted infections, including HIV due to lack of HIV knowledge, access to health services …

All individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) have the right to
develop and express sexuality in an emotionally satisfying and socially appropriate manner …

Sex education is critical for the development of healthy sexual identity and relationships.
However, students with intellectual disability and/or on the autism spectrum often receive …