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Issues of sexuality in Down syndrome

Don Van Dyke, Dianne McBrien, and Andrea Sherbondy

As human beings, individuals with Down syndrome contain the right to emotionally satisfying and culturally appropriate sexual expression. As patients, they have the right to routine reproductive health care provided to the general population. Cognitive and language disabilities may predispose this population to unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, and sexual exploitation. Sex education tailored to cognitive level, learning style, and living arrangements is essential to the education of children and young adults with Down syndrome.

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Van Dyke, D, McBrien, D, and Sherbondy, A. () Issues of sexuality in Down syndrome. Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 3(2), doi/reviews

Introduction

Issues of sexuality accompany each stage of human development. Sexual tasks for infants and pre-school aged children include the development of physical and sentimental attachment to parents and other family members; issues for school aged children are the emergence of modesty and priv

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