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, book recommendations and resources:
- How to discuss puberty with your child who has special needs
- Careplan for starting puberty & periods
- Menstruation and disability advice for care givers
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Sexual development and sexual behaviour – teenagers with disability 12-14 yrs
- www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/sexed/. Contains information about sexuality education for students with disabilities for use with parents and teachers. The site also contains information about specific disabilities and sexuality, such as autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida.
Easy Read format booklets – health topics:
- All about growing up – puberty (designed for young people living with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities)
- Contraceptive choices (simple english with illustrations)
- How to take a HPV self test – cervical screening (simple english with illustrations)
- Consent, Sex, Contraception, Porn info (simple english with illustrations) IHC
Media (You Tube) short videos from Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa:
Supported Decision Information:
- Workbook – Supported Decision Making
- https://decidingwithsupport.flinders.edu.au/ – this website holds a variety of free resources
- https://www.awhingamatua.org.nz/articles/alternatives-to-welfare-guardianship
- Parent to Parent & Care Matters have produced this workbook to understand ‘Wellfare Guardianship
Autism Spectrum Disorders:
- suelarky.com.au
- https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/family-life-and-relationships/sex-education/parents-and-carers
- Preparing for puberty – autistic children
- autismsexeducation.wordpress.com
- time.com/5870971/love-on-the-spectrum-netflix/ – A review of the Netflix series ‘Love on the spectrum’
Cerebral palsy.
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093545/
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5847148/
- 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)
- https://inspire.ehe.osu.edu/2023/04/05/kids-with-visual-impairments-need-sex-ed-too/
- https://www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/resources/vi&multi/jsweeting98.html
Learning disabilities / Intellectual disabilities.
Physical disabilities.
Spinal cord injury.
Traumatic brain injury.
Adult Sexual Relationships with disability.
Under the Covers is a new campaign raising awareness and educating the community about the right for people with disability to express their sexuality, have fulfilling and loving relationships, and enjoy a satisfying sexual life.