High-functioning autism and sexuality: a parental perspective Stokes, Mark and Kaur, Archana 2005, High-functioning autism and sexuality: a parental perspective, Autism, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 266-289, doi: 10.1177/1362361305053258. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title High-functioning autism and sexuality: a parental perspective Author(s) Stokes, Mark orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-4544 Kaur, Archana Journal name Autism Volume number 9 Issue number 3 Start page 266 End page 289 Publisher Sage Journals Place of publication Thousand Oaks, Calif. Publication date 2005 ISSN 1362-3613 1461-7005 Keyword(s) autism high-functioning autism sex education sexual behaviour Summary Few studies have compared sexual behaviours among adolescents with high-functioning autism (HFA) and typical populations, and indicated whether specialized education is required. We hypothesized that adolescents with HFA would (1) display poorer social behaviours; (2) engage in fewer behaviours related to privacy and have poorer knowledge regarding privacy issues; (3) have less sex education; and (4) display more inappropriate sexual behaviours; and that (5) parental concerns would be greater for the HFA sample. Parents of typical adolescents (n = 50) and adolescents with HFA (n = 23) were surveyed with a Sexual Behaviour Scale (SBS) developed by the authors, with domains corresponding to the hypotheses. The HFA and typical groups were found to be significantly different on all five domains. However, following covariation with age and level of social behaviour, it was found that only parental concerns about their child distinguished between typical adolescents and those with HFA. Specialized sex education programmes with a social interaction emphasis should be considered for this group. Language eng DOI 10.1177/1362361305053258 Field of Research 170103 Educational Psychology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2005 SAGE Publications and The National Autistic Society Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003078 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 23:00:57 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 19:35:36 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 117 times in TR Web of Science Cited 112 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1119 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:42:43 EST