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that affect their lives and lead to better sexual health and reproductive
outcomes.
It is hoped that <strong>Literature</strong> by identifying <strong>Review</strong> on key Provision elements of Appropriate of international and Accessible best practice
Support to People with an Intellectual Disability who are
in the delivery of sexual health and parenting supports to people with
Experiencing Crisis Pregnancy
intellectual disability, this review will contribute to the development of
national policy and legislative structure, standardised care protocols and
accessible, tailored services. These developments will respond in the
best possible way to the sexual health, pregnancy and parenting support
needs of women with intellectual disability throughout Ireland.
I would like to thank the Board of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency for their
involvement in the initiation, review and sign-off this important report.
The Crisis Pregnancy Agency partnered with the National Disability
Authority to commission this research. I would like to thank Dr. Stephanie
O’Keeffe and Dr. Roisin Morris Coyle of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency and
Mary Van Lieshout and her team in the National Disability Authority for
working closely together and with the author of the report in steering this
project to its conclusion. I would like to thank Eilis Barry, who reviewed
the report from a legal perspective.
Finally, I would like to thank the report’s author, Joan O’Connor, for her
hard work and commitment in synthesising and critiquing so well, such
a large and diverse body of research. I share with Joan and the National
Disability Authority a hope that this report will open up the discussion
about issues relating to sexual health, crisis pregnancy and parenting
among those working with people with an intellectual disability.
Caroline Spillane
Director
HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme