Healthy Sexuality

Everyone deserves to be loved, show love, and be respected in their relationships.

Learning about healthy relationships and sexuality is important for building healthy relationships, staying safe, and being able to make choices that are right for you.

Black woman and her adult son with Down Syndrome sit close together outdoors, smiling

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Who We Are

This program has been going strong for over 20 years. With an original focus on criminal justice and sexuality, we have longstanding partnerships with community and state partners across Pennsylvania. We work closely with the PA Office of Developmental Programs and helped create the 2018 “Sexual Health, Personal Relationships, and Sexuality Guidelines,” a guiding document for programs across PA. 

In 2022, the Healthy Sexuality project joined the Institute's Health Equity team. We see sexuality as an important part of people’s health. We focus on providing comprehensive sexuality education for people with disabilities and their supporters.

Two disabled Black people (a femme wearing compression gloves and a non-binary person in a power wheelchair) on a date. Both are illuminated by natural light coming through a window while they hold coffee mugs, sit, and chat.

Prioritizing a Safe Environment

The Healthy Sexuality Project acknowledges and respects the many intersecting identities of the disability community.

We prioritize creating a safe environment for people to explore new ideas. Embracing intersectionality strengthens our goals to create safe and inclusive environments for all.

For More Information

For more information or to request a training or resources, please contact: iodhsp@temple.edu.

 

Coffee date photo credit: The Disabled And Here collection