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Royal Adelaide Hospital – Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services.
Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria.
Family Planning NSW.
Your Sex Health.
NSW Council for Intellectual Disability.
References used for this fact sheet
- Stewart, D. & Ray, C. (2001), Ensuring entitlement: Sex and relationships education for disabled children, Sex Education Forum, National Children's Bureau and the Council for Disabled Children, London, UK. More information here.
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