For some autistic adults, navigating sex, sexuality and relationships may be confusing or overwhelming. As an autistic person, there may be certain aspects of social interaction you find difficult. This can make things like intimate relationships more complicated.
For parents and carers, it can be difficult to know how to talk to your autistic child about sex and sexuality.
To help you with this, we’ve put together some advice and resources on sex, sexuality and relationships.
This page gives you an overview. For more information, select from the menu above or the guide link below.
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On our new website, we are gradually introducing different guides tailored to the perspective and needs of different website users, particularly autistic adults, families and carers, and professionals.
The information on these pages has been moved from our previous website, but has not yet been updated so may not fully reflect current thinking and best practice or cater for key audiences.
We will be reviewing these pages to reflect the latest research, practice and opinions of autistic people, their families and professionals. How frequently we review information will depend on the topic: how much of a priority you tell us it is and whether there is significant new thinking, research, etc that needs to be reflected in our information.
