Sexual Abuse and Offending in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Sevlever, Melina; Roth, Matthew E.; Gillis, Jennifer M.

doi:10.1007/s11195-013-9286-8

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“…They are at an increased risk of sexual abuse [42] and victimization in sexual situations [43,44]. The increased risk of victimization of individuals with ASD appears to be partially mediated by their actual knowledge, suggesting the importance of sex education.…”

Section: Free Of Coercion or Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Sex Education, Sexual Health, and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Loftin

S²

2015

Pediat Therapeut

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Sex education is an important but often inadequately addressed topic for patients with autism spectrum disorder. A dominant theory in autism, Theory of Mind, helps to explain why the sex education needs of people with this disorder are unique. This paper argues the importance of high quality sex education from the perspective of the World Health Organization's recent comprehensive definition of sexual health. Each point from the World Health Organization's definition is addressed with discussion of its application to people with autism spectrum disorder, suggestions for remediation, and public health implications. Seven points are addressed: physical well-being in relation to sexuality; emotional and mental well-being in relation to sexuality; social well-being in relation to sexuality; disease, dysfunction, or infirmity; positive and respectful approaches to sexuality and sexual relationships; freedom from coercion and violence; and freedom from discrimination. Sex education is important to the quality of life and safety of people with autism. The needs of this population are apparent in all seven areas identified.

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Section: Free Of Coercion or Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Sex Education, Sexual Health, and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Loftin

S²

2015

Pediat Therapeut

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“…Children with developmental disabilities may be particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse (Mahoney & Poling ; McEachern ) due to factors such as social skills deficits, limited judgement regarding appropriate interpersonal boundaries, a lack of knowledge regarding sexuality and sexual behaviour and a lack of strategies to defend themselves against abuse (Lumley & Miltenberger ; Mazzucchelli ; Sevlever et al . ).…”

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confidence: 97%

An Exploratory Study of the Knowledge of Personal Safety Skills Among Children with Developmental Disabilities and Their Parents

Miller¹,

Pavlik²,

Kim

et al. 2016

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“…how to appropriately deal with a psychosexual situations, such as personal hygiene or communication about sexual topics) is important in exhibiting the appropriate skills and psychosexual functioning. Limited knowledge on psychosexual topics in adolescents with ASD may, in certain cases, escalate into inappropriate behaviors; due to for instance limited understanding of private versus public sexual behavior (Nichols and Blakeley-Smith 2009) or even dangerous situations; for instance due to the limited ability to identify abusive behavior (Sevlever et al 2013).…”

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Improving Psychosexual Knowledge in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Pilot of the Tackling Teenage Training Program

Dekker

Vegt

Visser

et al. 2014

J Autism Dev Disord

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Previous studies have shown that psychosexual functioning in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is hampered and emphasize the need for a specialized training program tailored to their needs. Therefore, an individual training program was developed; the Tackling Teenage Training (TTT) program. The current pilot study systematically evaluated whether psychosexual knowledge increased after taking part in the TTT program, using a preand post-training design in 30 adolescents with ASD (77 % male, mean age = 14.80 years, mean intelligence = 96.96). Psychosexual knowledge increased significantly (pre-training total score: M = 25.74, SD = 6.20; post-training total score: M = 33.52 (SD = 2.78); F(1,29) = 65.20, p \ .001). The TTT program may be useful to improve psychosexual knowledge and functioning in adolescents with ASD, yet these findings are preliminary, and a more elaborate controlled trial is needed.

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Sexual Abuse and Offending in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Cited by 104 publications

References 37 publications

Sex Education, Sexual Health, and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sex Education, Sexual Health, and Autism Spectrum Disorder

An Exploratory Study of the Knowledge of Personal Safety Skills Among Children with Developmental Disabilities and Their Parents

Improving Psychosexual Knowledge in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Pilot of the Tackling Teenage Training Program

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