Parents Perception About Sexual Education for Adolescence With Autism

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10.2991/icset-17.2017.15How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Sexual education, autism

Abstract

This study aims to determine the perception of parents about sexual education given to adolescence with autism. This research is descriptive research with qualitative approach. The subjects of this study were three parents of autistic children who showed a sexual behavior disorder. Data collection using questionnaire and interview method. The results of this study indicate that parents consider adolescence with autism to have sexual development such as adolescents in general despite having a different speed. Parents have the view that sexual education is important for autistic children who start entering adolescence to prevent possible sexual development disorders in autistic children. However, parents do not have sufficient knowledge about it, thus having difficulties in providing reproductive health education.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Atien Nur Chamidah
AU  - Santiana Nur Jannah
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TI  - Parents Perception About Sexual Education for Adolescence With Autism
BT  - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference for Science Educators and Teachers (ICSET 2017)
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