Downs Association - relationships & sex
Everyone has a right to develop romantic relationships and to fully enjoy their sexuality, yet for people with Down’s syndrome this is often still a taboo.
People who have Down’s syndrome and other learning disabilities have a right to exist as sexual beings, and to receive accessible information to enable them to enjoy sex.
Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) is essential in supporting people with learning disabilities to understand their rights, their freedoms to sexual expression, consent, boundaries and safe sex. RSE is also important in providing people with learning disabilities the tools to understand their own body and crucial in protecting individuals from abuse