Know Me, See Me, Hear Me: A Scoping Review of the Attitudes and Approaches to Relationships and Sexuality Education for Autistic Individuals and Their Families
Scoping review analyzes Relationships and Sexuality Education attitudes for autistic individuals, indicating a need for better support and collaboration.
Key Points
This review investigates attitudes and methods regarding Relationships and Sexuality Education for autistic individuals and their families.
Conducted a scoping review of literature from high-income countries since 1990
Explored perspectives of autistic individuals, parents, and allied health professionals
Utilized a coproduction approach to establish parameters and search terms
Performed qualitative theme mapping to a socioecological framework
Included 34 studies, primarily reporting autistic individuals' perspectives on RSE
Identified four main themes: Know Me, See Me, Hear Me, and Let's Collaborate
Revealed a lack of understanding of autism and variable RSE implementation across societal levels
Emphasized the need for collaborative training among individuals providing RSE