This paper is published in Volume-8, Issue-5, 2022
Area
Education
Author
Alisha Lalljee, Dr. Chandita Baruah
Org/Univ
Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati, Assam, India
Keywords
Disability, Sex Education, Mental Health
Citations
IEEE
Alisha Lalljee, Dr. Chandita Baruah. Sex education program for intellectually disabled, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.
APA
Alisha Lalljee, Dr. Chandita Baruah (2022). Sex education program for intellectually disabled. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 8(5) www.IJARIIT.com.
MLA
Alisha Lalljee, Dr. Chandita Baruah. "Sex education program for intellectually disabled." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 8.5 (2022). www.IJARIIT.com.
Alisha Lalljee, Dr. Chandita Baruah. Sex education program for intellectually disabled, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.
APA
Alisha Lalljee, Dr. Chandita Baruah (2022). Sex education program for intellectually disabled. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 8(5) www.IJARIIT.com.
MLA
Alisha Lalljee, Dr. Chandita Baruah. "Sex education program for intellectually disabled." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 8.5 (2022). www.IJARIIT.com.
Abstract
Individuals with special needs experience the same sexual feelings like the neurotypical population. This process consists of an interaction between the physical, cognitive, mental, social, relational, ethical, religious and cultural factors as illustrated by Murphy and Elias (2006). Sex education can support children and young people with disabilities in their sexual development and contribute to their health and wellbeing but most of them are deprived of this privilege and do not get the required education that would foster a positive image of sexuality and would empower them. The present paper aims at presenting a full-fledged curriculum design that can enable the intellectually disabled to learn about sex education in a step by step and gradual manner with reinforcement at different stages to gauge the level of understanding of the same.