Consent and Sexual Relationships: Sexuality and People with Developmental Disabilities

This educational set of videos highlights the importance of providing information to people with developmental disabilities and supporting them in their sexual self-advocacy.

[@xxjessabugxx]

Hey that’s me on the cover!❤🥰😍

[@lynntoytrainmuseum8973]

What about consent and ability to consent within family relationships? How can coercion and bullying be prevented when the family has dominion over a person. Going straight to sex issues before addressing the idea of general interpersonal consent gives a false impression that people only have control of the big sex issue without acknowledging that consent occurs in many subtle situations in everyday family life. Also, please address how a person not able to give consent protects themself. Who speaks for them? Who protects them? Thanks for listening to my musings. 😇🚂 Maybe together we can build a better group home. 👍

[@MrDavidgiar]

There’s no need for there to be strict consent in family relationships with your mother or father or siblings cousins but if one of them start doing things that’s considered incest like sexual stuff reported to your family members and try to get that person help not tell them it’s wrong you must ask to touch people like that, but you’ve never do that your family members no! Get them serious help! 988 crisis Center

[@MrDavidgiar]

It’s just better to have labels. Everyone should have labels on every type of relationship with a particular person especially when it comes to boundaries I’m talking about professional relationships, coworkers, acquaintances, etc. and friends and what you can’t do or won’t do with these type of friends except your closest ones and what your type of woman or man you rather be with be honest don’t be afraid to tell someone I compare them or reveal what type of people you’re attracted to and what you’re not attracted to and there’s someone trying to hit on you but they’re not very obvious they find them unattractive or you don’t really like them because they come off creepy if they ask you what you’re into or if you have a boyfriend or girlfriend tell them kind of give them hints that their body type without actually telling them directly is what you find unattractive personality or looks as well then they won’t ask you out and try to have sex with you or coercion into it. I think the problem is a lot of us don’t pick up the red flags so we’re brutally honest or blunt and tell them the truth that we do not want them or their attention or their just a friend and that will never change or acquaintance and that you have certain boundaries of things you don’t want to do with them and they don’t really respect that or try to manipulate you tell them directly I don’t wanna be friends with you if you will not respect me, or like I’ve made up my mind I am not going to change my mind so give up and please stop. I’m not going to hug you a lot or at all. Maybe it’s best if we’re not friends.

[@kerryclark4516]

Sex is not understood, it’s instinctual. Not every human being is called to marriage marriages gift, but even people with the most significant disabilities could have a calling for marriage.