The ARC and the American Association on IDD have written about sexuality in persons with IDD.
- All have rights to friendships.
- All have rights to love and be loved.
- All have rights to privacy, dignity and respect.
- All have rights to learn, as each is able, about their bodies, how sex works, and about values and duty to partners.
- All have rights to start and end relationships as they choose.
- All have rights to be protected from others who trick, force or hurt them.
- All have rights to info, as each is able, about pregnancy and birth. Plus info on choices to avoid or get pregnant based on personal values.
- All have rights to be protected from sterilization based on disability.
https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/policy/position-statements/sexuality