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• Possible components of a sex education programme that were
considered to be useful included: global aspects of sexual health
practices and abuse prevention, social and protective skills and
assertiveness training, the difference between a friend and a
boyfriend/girlfriend, intimacy, public versus private situations,
non-conventional and safe sex practices, co-habitation, sexual
side effects of medication, family roles, parenting responsibilities
and child development.
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Experiencing Crisis Pregnancy
• It was suggested that sexuality and relationships education
should be provided over the long term, at a simple level, and
with a one-to-one follow up. Information should be timely, and
presented in a meaningful way to people (Family Planning, New
South Wales).
• Peer support groups for women with intellectual disability were
found to be beneficial, especially with regard to discussion and
understanding of the power discrepancies that are felt by women
in general (Walsh et al., 2000).
Challenges relating to pregnancy and parenting
• Challenges faced by women with intellectual disability
experiencing pregnancy and parenthood emerged as: accessing
sexual health information, accessing sexual health services,
inadequate information, and attitudes to pregnancy and
parenthood.
• A number of challenges emerged that were faced by health
and social care services in the provision of support to women
with intellectual disability experiencing unplanned pregnancy.
These included difficulties in talking to a woman with an
unplanned pregnancy about her possible options and about
issues such as child protection; difficulties experienced
by women with intellectual disability in understanding the
complexity of pregnancy and its implications; fear surrounding
the birth heightened by lack of knowledge; feelings of isolation;
misconceptions about the pregnancy and childbirth as well as