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/
- http://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2013/11/18/how-to-discuss-puberty-with-your-child-who-has-special-needs/
- http://disabilityconnect.org.nz/how-we-can-help/sexuality-education/
- http://disabilityconnect.org.nz/how-we-can-help/menstruation/
- https://www.tasccalberta.com/sexuality-and-disability/
Autism Spectrum Disorders:
- http://suelarky.co.nz
- 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)
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.
Spina bifida.
Spina bifida | Health care for women.
Spina bifida | Men’s health.
Spinal cord injury.
Traumatic brain injury.