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Enhancing Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Students with Disabilities: Insights from Ontario's Educational Framework

Adam Davies
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Justin Brass
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Victoria Martins Mendonca
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Samantha O'Leary
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Malissa Bryan
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Ruth Neustifter
Version 1 : Received: 21 August 2023 / Approved: 23 August 2023 / Online: 24 August 2023 (07:56:30 CEST)

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Davies, A.; Brass, J.; Martins Mendonca, V.; O’Leary, S.; Bryan, M.; Neustifter, R. Enhancing Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Students with Disabilities: Insights from Ontario’s Educational Framework. Sexes 2023, 4, 522-535. Davies, A.; Brass, J.; Martins Mendonca, V.; O’Leary, S.; Bryan, M.; Neustifter, R. Enhancing Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Students with Disabilities: Insights from Ontario’s Educational Framework. Sexes 2023, 4, 522-535.

Abstract

Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is an important framework utilized worldwide to provide students and young people with accurate, affirming, and socially conscious sexuality education. However, there is still a lack of CSE curricula in school contexts that is relevant for students with various disabilities. This article takes the Ontario, Canada context as an example of where and how CSE can improve to be more inclusive for students with disabilities. This article reviews the current context of CSE in Ontario, Canada, including its controversies while providing recommendations for meeting the needs of students with various disabilities, including psychological, intellectual, and physical disabilities. This article aims to provide recommendations that are relevant for scholars, researchers, and policymakers in various international contexts for improving CSE for students with disabilities in schooling.

Keywords

comprehensive sexuality education; curriculum; disability; education

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Other

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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