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Comprehensive and Inclusive Sex Education: Supporting Queer Folx with Disabilities
Title of Event: Comprehensive and Inclusive Sex Education: Supporting Queer Folx with Disabilities
Course Description:
This course offers an in-depth examination of the complex intersections of queerness, disability, and sexuality within the framework of comprehensive and inclusive sex education. Designed for mental health professionals pursuing certification in sex therapy, the course foregrounds culturally responsive, anti-ableist, and affirming pedagogical and clinical practices (McRuer, 2006; Shildrick, 2009). Drawing upon critical disability studies, queer theory, and intersectional frameworks, participants will analyze systemic inequities that shape access to sexual health, intimacy, and pleasure for queer individuals with disabilities (Shakespeare, 2000; Kafer, 2013). Through case studies, experiential activities, and applied strategies, clinicians will deepen their capacity to challenge normative assumptions and dismantle ableist and heteronormative structures embedded in sexual health discourse and practice (Gill, 2015; Grant, 2020). This course centers lived experience and affirms that sexuality is not only a fundamental human right, but also a critical dimension of psychological and relational well-being (WHO, 2006; Shakespeare, 2000).
Learning Objectives:
- By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify how ableism, heteronormativity, and cisnormativity intersect to marginalize queer people with disabilities in sexual health education and therapeutic contexts.
- Describe the key components of comprehensive, pleasure-based, and inclusive sex education that affirm the diverse experiences of disabled queer individuals.
- Evaluate common myths, biases, and clinical assumptions about the sexual and romantic
- lives of disabled queer people, and their impact on care.
- Incorporate inclusive language, tools, and resources into sex therapy practices that support clients' sexual self-determination, consent, communication, and access to
- pleasure.
Date of Event: Monday, July 28, 2025
Time of Event: 2pm – 4pm EST
Location: Online Synchronous or Online Asynchronous following the live webinar
Presenter/Speaker: Jerry St Louis, LICSW
Company/Organization Sponsor: Modern Sex Therapy Institutes (MSTI)
Contact Name: Rachel Needle
Contact Telephone Number: (561) 379-7207
Contact Email: info@modernsextherapy.com
AASECT Approved CEs: 2