Sexuality & Disability

Resources:
Please ask your Nest Educator for additional resources and a booklet designed for puberty education and/or sex ed for those with additional needs.

Below are a mixture of articles and resources:

• http://www.healthclick.co.nz/puberty-changes/
• How to discuss puberty with your child who has special needs
• http://disabilityconnect.org.nz/how-we-can-help/sexuality-education/
• Menstruation and disability advice for care givers
• Supporting youth with disabilities  to talk about sexuality 

Autism Spectrum Disorders:

• http://suelarky.com.au
• http://autism.about.com/od/transitioncollegejobs/f/sexed.htm
• http://www.child-autism-parent-cafe.com/sexuality-and-autism.html
• https://autismsexeducation.wordpress.com
• https://time.com/5870971/love-on-the-spectrum-netflix/ – A review of the Netflix series ‘Love on the spectrum’

Cerebral palsy.

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093545/
• https://cerebralpalsy.org.nz/events-activities/events/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5847148/
• https://www.sportsheets.com/blogs/sex-blog/sex-with-cerebral-palsy-toys-comfortable-positions-keep-you-in-the-moment-2018-3-13
• https://www.readunwritten.com/2018/05/18/reality-sexual-cerebral-palsy/
• https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/gqk5bb/sexuality-with-a-disability

Deaf-Blindness. (Our programme is in braille –thanks to the NZ Blind Foundation) and has been signed for the hard of hearing on many occasions)

• http://nationaldb.org/documents/products/sex-ed.pdf

Intellectual disabilities.

• https://ihc.org.nz/sites/default/files/documents/Primary%20Schools%20Library%20Catalogue%20February%202017.pdf
• https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/intellectual-disability-and-sexuality

Learning disabilities.

• http://hpq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/14/4/601
• http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice-clinical-research/teaching-sex-education-to-children-with-learning-disabilities/299962.article

Physical disabilities.

• http://en.copian.ca/library/research/ccl/best_practice/best_practice.pdf

Spina bifida.

• http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/~rowley/sb-kids/publications/Sex.pdf

Spina bifida | Health care for women.

• http://spinabifidaassociation.org/project/health-care-for-women/

Spina bifida | Men’s health.

• http://spinabifidaassociation.org/project/mens-health/

Spinal cord injury.

• http://www.uab.edu/medicine/sci/daily-living/sexuality-a-sexual-function

Traumatic brain injury.

• http://www.msktc.org/tbi/factsheets/Sexuality-After-Traumatic-Brain-Injury