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Romance and Sexuality

Romance and Sexuality are topics that are often a challenge for many people to talk about. This challenge is compounded when individuals have disabilities. Here you will find some resources that will give you the knowledge and skills to talk openly about sexuality and assist you in leading a sexually healthy life.

Romance

• Love, Dating, Relationships and Disability
• Love Because, Never Despite, Disability
• Toolkit: Sexual Asssault Awareness for People with Developmental Disabilities
• Health Boundaries Lesson

Sexuality

• In My Own Voice: Sexual Self-Advocacy
• Sex-Ed for Self-Advocates
  This guide is a sexuality and sex education resource written specifically for autistic people age 15 and up. Autistic people sometimes don’t have the chance to learn about sexuality and sex in ways that work for them, so this guide as a starting point to change that.
• Social Stories: Appropriate Behaviors
• Disabled and Fighting for a Sex Life – How misperceptions about disability can prevent people with physical and cognitive impairments from being able to express their sexuality. By Katharine Quarmby