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Sexual Health and Individuals with Intellectual

Disabilities & Autism

Presenters: Nila Benito benito@usf.edu Jackie Selbst jselbst@health.usf.edu

Moderator: Liz Perkins, PhD, RNMH eperkins@usf.edu

Objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation, you should:

Have knowledge about how to comfortably address sexual health with a person with IDD.

Understand the risks of neglecting sexual health as an integral educational concept for people with IDD.

Be able to identify characteristics of a person with IDD who has been sexually abused.

Transition Planning

Creating a lasting, satisfying, persondirected, quality of life.

Transition Planning

One critical area that is often not addressed...

(even in healthcare transition planning)

Sexual Health 21

Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity.

Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence.

For sexual health to be attained and maintained, the sexual rights of all persons must be respected, protected and fulfilled.

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