The Effectiveness of a Sexual Health Enhancement Strategy among Adolescents with Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Field Study

Abstract

The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a sexual health strategy for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), specifically intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The sample consisted of 36 adolescents with ID and 44 adolescents with ASD, selected through purposive sampling from a special education institution in Jordan. The study found statistically significant differences in all experimental samples after the post-intervention phase. The results suggest reapplying the strategy to individuals with the poorest performance and recommend conducting a follow-up study to examine the impact of gender and age on the strategy’s effectiveness in improving sexual health among adolescents with ID and ASD.