Annotated Bibliography On Sexual Education

Brooke Walker

ENG 105

Courtney Musselman

November 3, 2015

Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography

Prospectus:

Throughout this essay I plan to explore the topic of sexual education to students with disabilities. I think it is an important topic to discuss and bring attention to because of the high sexual abuse rate among students with disabilities. I feel very strongly about the protecting of anyone from sexual abuse especially a person who is unable to comprehend certain situations. It is believed that a student with a disability is more likely to be abused because they were not informed properly on sexual education and do not understand what is happening to them is wrong. To first understand this topic, I believe it Is crucial to give a background

Better Health Channel, n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2015.

This website offered information about how to talk to young people with intellectual disabilities about sex. This article offered information on how All young people need human relations and sexuality education to explore, enjoy and express their sexuality in positive and healthy ways. Also gave me the facts on how Sex education can decrease the risk of sexual abuse, STIs and unintended pregnancy, this information helps me support my argument.

This website gave me useful information on the positives of sexual education. I believe that this will give the information to back up my opinion and prove that by educating we are saving someone. Although this wasn’t the most scholarly article it offered a lot of helpful information on how to talk to someone with a disability about sexual education and the positive consequences of being educated.

"Birth Control." Intellectual Disabilities. Sexuality and U, n.d. Web. 03 Nov.

"Sexual Abuse: Children: South Asia." Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures (n.d.): n. pag. Mar. 2013. Web. 3 Nov. 2015.

This article gave me a look into the likelihood that something happens to someone with a disability, “Children with disabilities are three times more likely than children without them to be victims of sexual abuse, and the likelihood is even higher for children with certain types of disabilities, such as intellectual or mental health disabilities. The information throughput this article gave me the information to back up why important it is for everyone to be properly educated on what sexual activity is and how it can be misused.

"Why We Need Sexuality Education." Why We Need Sexuality Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2015.

I used this website to give me the general information of why anyone attending public school needs to be properly educated on sexual activity. I chose to use this source to help me understand the bigger picture of all children and sexual activity. This source covered the different styles there are to use when educating young people on sexual relations as well as educating all different aspects of sexual relations, including same sex sexual