Overall, adolescents with disabilities seem to be participating in sexual relationships
without adequate knowledge and skills to keep them healthy, safe, and satisfied. Although
their sexual development may be hindered both by functional limitations and by intentional
or unintentional societal barriers, the formal and informal opportunities for teenagers
with disabilities to develop into sexual beings certainly exist.
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