What, when & how to learn about sex: the narratives of students with disabilities

Sexual health is fundamental to the overall health and well-being of individuals, couples and families, and to the social and economic development of communities and countries (WHO, 2020).Young people with disabilities are not automatically asexual. As they mature, young people with disabilities...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura, Samsudin, Suhaiza
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: Atlantis Press 2020
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description Sexual health is fundamental to the overall health and well-being of individuals, couples and families, and to the social and economic development of communities and countries (WHO, 2020).Young people with disabilities are not automatically asexual. As they mature, young people with disabilities experience most if not all the same physical and emotional changes as their peers who do not have disabilities. However, people with disabilities are commonly seen as ‘asexual’ and they are denied from having sexual desires like others (Swago-Wilson, 2008).
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spelling iium-823682020-12-16T03:57:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/82368/ What, when & how to learn about sex: the narratives of students with disabilities Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Samsudin, Suhaiza HQ12 Sexual life R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RZ Other systems of medicine Sexual health is fundamental to the overall health and well-being of individuals, couples and families, and to the social and economic development of communities and countries (WHO, 2020).Young people with disabilities are not automatically asexual. As they mature, young people with disabilities experience most if not all the same physical and emotional changes as their peers who do not have disabilities. However, people with disabilities are commonly seen as ‘asexual’ and they are denied from having sexual desires like others (Swago-Wilson, 2008). Atlantis Press 2020-08-25 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82368/1/82368_What%2C%20when%20%26%20how%20to%20learn%20about%20sex.pdf Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura and Samsudin, Suhaiza (2020) What, when & how to learn about sex: the narratives of students with disabilities. In: (Webinar) International Conference on Special Education In Southeast Asia Region 10th Series 2020, 18th July 2020, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200824.126 https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200824.126
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