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Advancing Sexual Self-Advocacy for People with
Disabilities
Katie Arnold, Tia Nelis and Linda SandmanUIC Institute on Disability and Human
Development
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Overview
Sexual CitizenshipSexuality & Disability ConsortiumCollaborating with self-advocatesCommunity ServiceResearch - Sexual Self-AdvocacyDissemination - Resources
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Sexual Citizenship
An interdisciplinary construct that emphasizes economic, political, and cultural aspects of the inclusion and exclusion of sexual identities, existing across four societal domains: 1) sexual expression; 2) embodiment; 3) institutional inclusion; and 4) spatial themes
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Sexuality and Disability Consortium
MISSION:
To provide research, advocacy, training and education to support people with disabilities to enhance healthy sexuality and relationships.
Our goal is to promote best practice approaches for people with disabilities, families, professionals and policymakers, with a focus on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
http://ahs.uic.edu/dhd/sdc/
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Sexuality and Disability Consortium
History - formally established in 2008
Our philosophy emphasizes pleasure and healthy sexuality collaboration with people with disabilities,
with a particular focus on I/DD
Barriers we’ve faced
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Community Service Training
DisseminationResearch
The SDC and UCEDD core functions
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Collaborating with Self-Advocates
Partnering with Self-Advocates infuses all
our work
• Community Service
• Training
• Research
• Dissemination
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CommunityService and Training
• Sexuality Educator Training with Katherine McLaughlin
• Community Forums
• Speak Up and Speak Out Summit
• Illinois Imagines collaboration
• Dating Skills group in Family Clinics
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Research
Funding provided by the UIC Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement
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On March 21, 2014 at the Institute on Disability and Human Development at UIC
30 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) gathered to talk about what sexual self-advocacy means to them.
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Planning Process
Planning teamCommunity
Partners: Illinois Self-
Advocacy Alliance Illinois
Imagines
Recruitment
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Research Process
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Findings
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Sexual Self-Advocacy
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Policy Implications
Expanding access to information and sexual health servicesRemoving systemic barriersEducating othersIncreasing access to counseling/supportDeveloping opportunities for sexual expression
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Dissemination
VideosAccessible bookletFact SheetsResearch articlesConferencesWebinar
http://ahs.uic.edu/dhd/sdc/resources/
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Resources
UIC Sexuality and Disability Consortium http://ahs.uic.edu/dhd/sdc/
Illinois Imagines http://www.icasa.org/index.aspx?PageID=1044
Article: Friedman, C., et al. (2014) “Remember Our Voices are Our Tools:” Sexual Self-Advocacy as Defined by People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Sexuality and Disability, 32(4):515-532.
Article: Owen, A., et al (2015). Nominal Group Technique: An accessible and interactive method for conceptualizing the sexual self-advocacy of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Qualitative Social Work, 1473325015589803.
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Contact Information
Katie Arnold
(312) 996-1002
Tia Nelis
(312) 413-1284
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