INTRODUCTION

1. Barriers to Sexual Health Provision for People with Intellectual Disabilities - A Service Provider and Clinician Perspective. Gore, V., Stancliffe, R. J., Broom, A and Wilson, N. INTRODUCTION • CONCLUSIONS • The World Health Organization’s World Report on Disability (2011) identifies that people with disabilities encounter many barriers that impact on health outcomes. Sexual health is a fundamental component of our overall general health. Yet it remains one of the most overlooked areas of healthcare for people with disabilities, especially those with intellectual disabilities. The report identifies that people with intellectual disabilities encounter many barriers such as lack of sex education and myths that prevent them from experiencing optimal sexual health. In recent years there has been an increasing expectation that the sexual health of people with intellectual disabilities will be addressed by disability service providers. The World Report on Disability calls for the barriers to service delivery to be addressed. But what barriers do disability service providers face? • Barriers encountered by disability service providers and clinicians reduce their ability to address the sexual health of people with intellectual disabilities thus reducing access to optimal sexual health. For people with intellectual disabilities to experience optimal sexual health the barriers experienced by the service providers and clinicians supporting them must be addressed. But how? METHODOLOGY • RESULTS • Barriers to sexual health provision • Contact: Vanessa Gore email: vanessa.gore@sydney.edu.au