"Maybe rape is illegal?" how adolescents with intellectual disabilities experience a sexual violence prevention intervention

Key Points

• The study aims to explore how adolescents with intellectual disabilities perceive and benefit from a sexual violence prevention intervention.
• Adapted sexual education intervention was administered to adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
• Evaluation of knowledge increase in sexual health topics was conducted post-intervention.
• Focus on understanding consent and emotional awareness in sexual situations.
• Participants showed improved understanding in some areas of sexual education.
• Adolescents indicated a need for more intensive and specific components for developing confidence about consent.
• The intervention highlighted gaps in emotional understanding related to sexual situations.