Education is key

22 July

Written By Maree Crabbe

Just like any other young person, autistic young people need access to information and education about relationships and sexuality, and support from the people around them.

Sexuality information and education needs to be clear, inclusive and developmentally-appropriate. It needs to be tailored to their needs so that it makes sense to them.

"If we don't do really great comprehensive sexuality education, we're leaving autistic young people highly vulnerable to being abused or offending behaviour - because education is key." Jodi Rodgers, Sexologist and counsellor. Arrow pointing to the

"It's not just about vulnerability to abuse or offending - from my perspective sexuality and relationships is one of the most fundamentally beautiful things in our life, so why are we not providing the opportunity to learn?" Jodi Rodgers, Sexologist

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