NICHCY Connections...to Sexuality Education (continued)
From Brooks publisher
Sexuality Your Sons and Daughters with Intellectual Disabilities
http://www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/schwier-4285/index.htm
Selected Sexuality Education Curricula and Resources courtesy of Planned Parent Hood of America is a descriptive list of the different sexuality education curriculums available for all ages and grades and the contact information to obtain them.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/education/real/Selected.pdf
Visit the Steege Publications web site that has been developed to promote healthy sexuality among adults with mental retardation. Find three different manuals that address different issues regarding sex education for persons with disabilities.
http://www.steegepublications.com/pages/publications.html
From Autism Today
Autism-Asperger's & Sexuality Puberty and Beyond
A book that was wrote by a married couple with autism/Asperger's Syndrome
http://www.autismtoday.com/articles/featuredbookNewport.html
EEC (Educational Equity Concepts)
http://www.edequity.org/programs_disability.php
EEC is a national not-for-profit organization that promotes bias-free learning through innovative programs and materials. Their mission is to decrease discrimination based on gender, race/ethnicity, disability, and level of family income. Visit their web site and you will find: Bridging the Gap: A National Directory of Services for Women and Girls with Disabilities.
Other:
Volume 07 Issue 04 - 12/2003
Sex matters in autism and other developmental disabilities
Travis Thompson, Mary Caruso and Kathryn Ellerbeck , University of Kansas Medical Center, USA;University of Kansas Medical Center, USA;University of Kansas Medical Center, USA
Social Work Research Findings No. 26
Challenging and Inappropriate Sexual Behavior in People with Learning Disabilities: A Literature Review
ISBN 0 7480 7178 4 Publisher The Scottish Office, 1998
Reprinted with the permission of the National Dissemination Center.
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