Exploring the Influence of LGBTQ+ and Religious Attitudes in Sexual Health Education for College Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Background: Comprehensive sexual health education is a human right routinely denied to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Although queerness and religion are critical parts of comprehensive sexual health education, they are rarely addressed in the literature. Methods: Fifteen c...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 1 - 12 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2026
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