Boundary and Consent Learning Activities
Presented by the Institute on Disabilities Healthy Sexuality Project. Download the print-and-cut documents and instructions for boundary and consent dice activities. The PDFs will open in a new browser tab or window.
Boundary Dice Game
Print, cut, fold, then use the instructions to play Boundary Dice.
Consent Dice Game
For children and youth. Print, cut, fold, then use the instructions to play Consent Dice.
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Healthy Sexuality Resource Hubs
These hubs are dedicated to promoting healthy, inclusive, and affirming understandings of sexuality. Each one connects you to more resources, organizations, and tools that support sexual health, education, and well-being across identities.
Resource Hubs
- Disability Inclusive Sexual Health Network (DSHN)
Resource hub organized by SexEdVA, with learning materials for people with disabilities and people who support them - Healthy Understanding of Our Bodies
Resource hub from the Arc of Virginia with links for healthy relationships, sexual health, puberty, and more - Get the Facts about Sexual Health: Planned Parenthood
Learn about sexual health by choosing a topic. Booking option to talk to a sexual health provider or get support from Planned Parenthood. - Sex Positive Families: Resources
Search by topic in this hub geared towards parents, families and caregivers. - PAAutism.org, an ASERT Autism Resource Guide
ASERT (Autism Services, Education, Resources and Training)
Resources to support autistic folks in PA, with social stories and other resources
Decision-Making and Goal Setting for Relationships and Sexuality
These resources support individuals in exploring their personal values, boundaries, and goals related to relationships and sexuality.
Decision-Making and Goal Setting for Relationships and Sexuality
- Supported Decision Making Pennsylvania
- Charting the LifeCourse
- Sexual Self-Advocacy information and map from Green Mountain Self Advocates
- Be Safe: Healthy versus Unhealthy Relationships Social Story by ASERT
- Be Safe Resource Collection from ASERT
Teaching Materials
These resources can be used in educational settings such as workshops, classrooms, and community programs. They support facilitators, educators, and advocates who teach about healthy sexuality in inclusive, age-appropriate, and affirming ways.
Teaching Materials
- Sex Ed To-Go from Planned Parenthood
Geared to students, parents/caregivers, and educators. Short lessons on many reproductive health and sexuality related topics. There are videos with captions. - Elevatus Training, LLC
Many resources, including trainings, curriculum, “Sexuality Education for People with Developmental Disabilities”, articles, newsletters, and more - Project SHINE
- Positive SexEd+ Canada
Realistic anatomy models for teaching diverse bodies, sexual health, and more - Consensual Touching Social Story from PA ASERT
- All About Gender: Self Advocates
Free online course developed by Self Advocates United as 1 (SAU-1) for PA ASERT - Amaze.org
Collection of short, animated videos on sexuality, healthy relationships, bodies, boundaries, and more - Sex Ed for People with Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities
Videos about healthy relationships and sexuality
Books
- Sexuality for All Abilities: Teaching and Discussing Sexual Health in Special Education, 2nd Edition by Katie Thune, Molly Gage, and Quinn Oteman (2025)
- Consent (For Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of You by Rachel Brian (2020)
Online Safety
The internet is a fun place to connect with other people and sometimes build friendships or romantic relationships. There is a lot to learn about how to stay safe when we use the internet. Check out these resources.
Online Safety
- Internet Safety Guide 2025 (PDF file) by TechOWL at the Institute on Disabilities
- SECCA (Sexuality Education Counselling and Consultancy Agency) Internet Safety Cards (PDF file)
- SECCA resources page (note: resources about law and rights are focused on Australian systems)
PA ASERT
- Online Safety Social Story by ASERT
- Romantic Scams Social Story by ASERT
- Online Readiness Checklist by ASERT
- Cyber safety resource collection by ASERT
Amaze Videos
Support for Crisis, Intimate Partner Violence, and Mental Health Support
If you are having a hard time, there are people who can help. Please see the resources below and reach out.
Support for Crisis, Intimate Partner Violence, and Mental Health Support
- Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect (PCAR): Talk to someone near you who can help you get out of a violent situation in Pennsylvania. Crisis line: 888-772- 7227
- THRIVE Lifeline mental health and crisis support
Text “THRIVE” or +1-313-662-8209 - Warm Lines
Connect with peer support in your area - RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline
Phone: 800-656-4673 - 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Call, text, or chat - Trevor Project LGBTQ+ support
Phone: 1-866-488-7386 - National Deaf Domestic Violence Hotline
- Guide to calling 911 by ASERT
Who will answer, what they will ask, and important things to do - Able South Carolina: Information about domestic violence and sexual assault
Survivor Support and Healing from Trauma
The following resources are for people who have experienced harm and are looking for information about healing, support, and creating change.
Survivor Support and Healing from Trauma
- Lumina Alliance: Survivors with Disabilities
Empowers survivors with disabilities through advocacy, healing, and prevention - Survivor Support Packet from We are MASS (Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong)
Self-advocates provide resources and advice for people with Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities who have experienced harm and are looking for support. - Indiana Disability Justice Hub
Resources for survivors with disabilities - Activating Change: Creating Pathways to Healing
This organization builds leadership with survivors with disabilities to remove barriers to support and work towards an end to violence. - Learning Good Consent: On Healthy Relationships and Survivor Support, book by Cindy Crabb (2016)
LGBTQ+ Resources
Disabled people have many identities. Some people with disabilities, including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, identify as LGBTQ+. Check out these affirming resources to learn more.
LGBTQ+ Resources
Rainbow Guidebook This website is for LGBTQ+ people with I/DD, allies, and people ready to learn from self-advocates. Find resources, handouts, and learn directly from people with lived experience.
Rainbow Support Groups Rainbow Groups are for self-advocates with I/DD who are members of the LGBTQ+ community. Learn about the groups, find one to join, and learn about how to start your own group.
“Disability and Sex: Sex Educators React” This video is from the “Queer Sex Ed” YouTube series by It Gets Better. This recording shows interviews with educators and queer people talking about their experiences as disabled and deaf folks with dating, sex, relationships, and intimacy.
Articles and Books
Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum by Erin Ekins
LGBTQ: The Survival Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens by Kelly Huegel Madrone
The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids About Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families by Rachel E. Simon and Noah Grigni
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities by Laura Erickson-Schroth
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto (2020) by George M. Johnson
Health Resources
Learning about our bodies and taking care of our sexual health is an important part of how we take care of ourselves. Check out these resources to learn more about sexual and reproductive health.
Health Resources
- Healthy Understanding of Our Bodies
Many resources for people with Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities (IDD) - Planned Parenthood
Use this resource to find out about healthcare services and programs at Planned Parenthood. - National Council on Independent Living and Rooted in Rights: Plain Language Guide to Sexuality
- Scarleteen
Queer Sex Ed for All - Period Guide from Oregon Health and Sciences University
- Pelvic Exam Social Story from SexEdVA
Available in Spanish and large print - Preparing for your first OBGYN appointment social story from Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM) (PDF file)
- Jooux Deaf Sexual Wellness Center
Books and Articles
- Rachel Brian
Consent (For Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of You (2020) - Cory Silverberg. What Makes a Baby, Sex is a Funny Word, and You Know, Sex
Great books to help start a conversation about bodies, relationships, and sexuality with learners at different stages. Whether you're just starting with the basics, or getting into more in-depth information, these books could be a great tool.
Advocacy In Support of Accessible Sex Education
Everyone deserves to learn about how healthy sexuality and how to build healthy relationships. This keeps people safer and more empowered to make healthy choices for themselves. Yet youth with disabilities receive lower rates of sexuality education than their non-disabled peers. See below for resources to support advocacy.
Advocacy In Support of Accessible Sex Education
- Self Advocates United as 1 (SAU1)
Pennsylvania-based self-advocacy group - Speaking for Ourselves
Pennsylvania-based self-advocacy group - National Health Law Program: Sexual and Reproductive Health
- National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
- SIECUS: “Comprehensive Sex Ed for Youth with Disabilities: A Call to Action” (PDF file)
- American Sexual Health Association
Learn about sexual health and find more articles about sexuality
Articles and Books
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network. “Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: Comprehensive Sexuality Education for People with Disabilities.” (2021 PDF file)
- Elevatus Training, LLC. “Can You Be a Vegetarian and Work at McDonalds? Managing Values and Attitudes as Professionals”
- Miriam Kaufman, MD, Cory Silverberg, and Fran Odette: The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability (2007)
- Shayda Kafai. Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid (2021)
- Essays by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: The Future is Disabled: Prophesies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs (2022)
- Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (2018)
For More Information
For more information about the Healthy Sexuality Project or to request a training or resources, please contact: iodhsp@temple.edu.