When we compared to partner countries’ sex education studies for disabilities, LT is working at a higher level than in other partner countries (TR, ES, HU, GR, IT). However, when the education systems of the partner countries are examined, it has been found that they apply various educational approaches but there is no sexual education model, specific approach/ methodology and modular education programs for disabled people in education systems.
The lack of knowledge about sexual education (on how, when, which methodology, approaches) by trainers is what prevents people with intellectual disabilities from receiving adequate sexual education.
The scientific research published NWSA- (Education Sciences) emphasized the role of parents in sexual education: “In fact, most of the parents of mentally disabled individuals are disturbed by their children’s interest in sexuality, parents always think their children will remain as a child, as they have the belief that they do not need sex education because they will not need sexual necessity and that they feel helpless in the face of this situation and then parents tend to feel helpless in the face of such a situation.”
The UNFPA World Population 2014 report shows that every year 91 thousand girls give birth and 1 of every 3 marriages are made up of one woman under 18, and in this ratio “Around 68% of girls with developmental and intellectual disabilities are at risk of exposure to sexual violence before the age of 18”. In the other mean, Children with disabilities are 3.4 times more likely to be sexually abused than their non-disabled peers.