We're proud to amplify the recent launch of "Your Sexual Health Toolkit" and "Our Stories, Our Journeys: A Sexual Health Game," created by Project SHINE: a multidisciplinary network of intellectual and developmental disability experts, self-advocates, and sexual and reproductive health professionals, including PPGNY. The toolkit, which has been created with and tested by young people with disabilities, the Project SHINE advisory board, and youth ambassadors, includes engaging content on sexual and reproductive health, anatomy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, sexual behavior and activity, pleasure, body image, and relationships. Although this toolkit can be used by anyone interested in learning more about bodies and sexuality, the launch hopes to be a contribution in the quest for disability, queer, and trans rights in all their intersections. Youth with disabilities have direct access to the toolkit or can choose to use it with trusted adults.
Too often, young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are left out of sex education conversations, and these disparities and lack of inclusion double when it comes to queer and trans youth with disabilities. Project SHINE continues the work to address inequities in sexual health by ensuring accessible education and health services for youth with intellectual and developmental disability ages 16-24 and the people who support them. Explore the new toolkit and game via the link, and please share with your communities! Happy #DisabilityPrideMonth.
Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/evEiVgrU