Measures to protect learning disabled adults from sexual abuse
By Sue Sharples, 4 August 2021
Fellow’s Profile
Sue Sharples
Fellow’s Profile
Sue Sharples
Measures to protect learning-disabled adults from sexual abuse
Fellowship
Themes
Focus
Protecting learning disabled adults from sexual abuse through relationship education and self-advocacy
Countries
Fellowship year
2019
Contact
Ideas
Activity
Advancing Sexual Self-Advocacy for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Sue Sharples travelled to the USA and Canada to explore new approaches to preventing sexual harm among adults with a learning disability – including linking self-advocacy skills to sexual rights education and using trauma-informed practice. Since returning, she has co-authored a training pack for social care staff and worked with learning disabled colleagues in Lancashire to develop a new sexual self-advocacy resource. Grounded in the belief that people should be their own first line of defence, it’s already helping people feel safer, better informed, and more in control.
By Sue Sharples, 19 June 2025
Protecting learning-disabled adults from sexual abuse
By Sue Sharples, 10 October 2022
September 2020 Fellow's update: Sue Sharples
Company director Sue Sharples (CF 2019) presented her Fellowship findings on protecting learning disabled adults from sexual abuse, to charities Supported Loving and Learning Disability England. Sue shared her learnings through online webinars which have received positive feedback.
By Sue Sharples, 30 September 2020
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Ideas
Measures to protect learning disabled adults from sexual abuse
By Sue Sharples, 4 August 2021
Activity
Advancing Sexual Self-Advocacy for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Sue Sharples travelled to the USA and Canada to explore new approaches to preventing sexual harm among adults with a learning disability – including linking self-advocacy skills to sexual rights education and using trauma-informed practice. Since returning, she has co-authored a training pack for social care staff and worked with learning disabled colleagues in Lancashire to develop a new sexual self-advocacy resource. Grounded in the belief that people should be their own first line of defence, it’s already helping people feel safer, better informed, and more in control.
By Sue Sharples, 19 June 2025
Protecting learning-disabled adults from sexual abuse
By Sue Sharples, 10 October 2022
September 2020 Fellow's update: Sue Sharples
Company director Sue Sharples (CF 2019) presented her Fellowship findings on protecting learning disabled adults from sexual abuse, to charities Supported Loving and Learning Disability England. Sue shared her learnings through online webinars which have received positive feedback.
By Sue Sharples, 30 September 2020
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
