Gender Diversity: Not a Modern Intervention
Our understanding of gender is shifting. However, gender diversity is not a modern invention. Seeing gender on a spectrum has existed for centuries in many cultures.
Consent Education: Especially important for people with disabilities
If people with disabilities are without adequate sex education, we leave them more at risk of sexual exploitation, even more so if they are used to non-consensual physical touch as a child.
Sexuality & Gender Identity More Varied Among Autism
Regarding sexual orientation, one study found that people with autism report higher rates of homosexuality, bisexuality, and asexuality and lower rates of heterosexuality than the general population.
Disability & Sexuality: History, Barriers and Still Stigma
Contrary to popular belief, people with disabilities are sexual beings. Unfortunately, the sexuality of persons with a disability can be oppressed by their supports, medical professionals and society at large.