Persons with intellectual disability: Sexual behaviour, knowledge and assertiveness

Abstract

Persons with ID most often have incomplete, contradictory and imprecise knowledge of sexuality and sexual intercourse itself. They are not provided with sufficient information on their own body and sexuality, and are often discouraged from and sanctioned for trying to sexually express themselves. Sexual abuse due to low sexual assertiveness is also common.

Keywords

• sexuality
• intellectual disability
• knowledge of sexuality
• sexual assertiveness
• spolnost
• intelektualna ovira
• znanje o spolnosti
• spolna asertivnost