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https://doi.org/10.4467/25439561.NP.17.007.8083Justifying the need of sexual education of people with intellectual disability – reflection in the context of the own research
This article is devoted to sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities in the educational context. The author points out the need of sexual education developed not only for the intellectually disabled ones, but also for parents/carers and the social environment. It outlines the concepts of “justifying” the sexuality of persons with intellectual disabilities as well attempts to show the legitimacy of sexual education. In the paper the author discusses findings of her research on the experiences of sexuality by persons with severe and profound intellectual disability.