Sex.Ed.Agram: Co-created Inclusive Sex Education on Instagram
Date
2023-05-03
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Sexuality and Disability
Abstract
Most sex education programs for adults with intellectual disabilities are led by non-disabled sexual health experts. This approach may be less effective and appropriate for adult learners. Using community-based participatory research (CBPR), we explored a program that uses an inquiry-based learning process so that members can create reliable information about sex and disseminate it on Instagram. Through thematic analysis of interviews with group participants, we identified three themes about how the program brought everyone’s different ideas about sex and sex ed together into content for Instagram: Blurring the Lines Between the Educated and Educating; Learning is Dependent on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Our Connections; and Committed to Inclusivity but Wrestling with Ableism.
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This version of the article has been accepted for publication in Sexuality and Disability, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-023-09794-y. This article will be embargoed until 05/03/2024.
Keywords
sex education, inclusion, intellectual disability, higher education, accessibility, United States
Citation
Curtiss, S.L., Myers, K., D’Avella, M. et al. Sex.Ed.Agram: Co-created Inclusive Sex Education on Instagram. Sex Disabil (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-023-09794-y