Sexuality and Sex Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities

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Frawley, P., & O’Shea, A. (2018). Sexual Lives & Respectful Relationships: A rights-based approach. Intellectual Disability Australasia, 39, 22-24. https://www.slrr.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/June-2018-IDA-Magazine-SLRR-article.pdf

Frawley, P., & O’Shea, A. (2019). ‘Nothing about us without us’: sex education by and for people with intellectual disability in Australia. Sex Education, 1-12. Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14681811.2019.1668759

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O’Shea, A., & Frawley, P. (2020). Gender, sexuality and relationships for young Australian women with intellectual disability. Disability & Society, 35(4), 654-675. Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2019.1647148

O’Shea, A., Frawley, P., Leahy, J. W., & Nguyen, H. D. (2020). A Critical Appraisal of Sexuality and Relationships Programs for People with Acquired Brain Injury. Sexuality and Disability, 1-27. Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11195-020-09616-5%20

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Wilson, N., Frawley, P., O’Shea, A., Thompson, V., McKenzie, J., Kahonde, C., Charnock, D., & Schaafsma, D. (2019). “Issues of Sexuality and Relationships.” In Intellectual Disability: Integrating theory, research and practice. Edited by Johnny Matson, 989- 1010. New York: Springer https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030208424%20