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Disabled people report that often there is a tendency for them to be thought of as ‘asexual’; that they do not have sexual feelings, desires or capabilities. Relevant sexual health information, advice and education for young disabled people still remains inappropriate and, often, inaccessible.

Leonard Cheshire Disability is delivering an exciting 3 year project to give disabled people greater and easier access to sexual health information, education and services. Working together with young disabled people, and relevant services (e.g. schools, colleges, sexual health services and other key partners) this groundbreaking project will:

• Research into existing sexual health services and provision
• Research into the views and needs of young disabled people
• Influence local sexual health services using these viewpoints
• Develop materials and resources for use with young disabled people
• Help young disabled people make informed choices around sex, relationships and their own sexual well-being
• Help young disabled people to make and keep appointments with clinics
• Build a toolkit of best practice
• Share our findings with Primary Care Trusts and Strategic
• Health Authorities to achieve lasting change

Young disabled people will be closely involved in all aspects of the project. From sharing their views and experiences of sex, sex and relationship education, and sexual health services, through to taking part in workshops and helping to directly improve access to local sexual health services.

Young disabled people who participate in the project will find ways to protect themselves and their sexual partners; will feel they are the sexual ‘equal’ of non-disabled young people; will be less likely to take part in risky sexual behaviour and will take greater responsibility for their own sexual health than they would have otherwise done.

Through a track record of success with partners, we will influence policy makers and managers of sexual health services to understand that young disabled people have needs as vital as their non-disabled counterparts and that these must be met.

Visit the In Touch microsite at www.lcdintouch.org