Can Downs Syndrome consent to sex?

People who have Down’s syndrome and other learning disabilities have a right to exist as sexual beings, and to receive accessible information to enable them to enjoy sex.

Can someone with Down syndrome drive a car?

Down Syndrome Driving Classses Many people with Down Syndrome lead independent lives, this includes being able to drive. If a person with Down syndrome can read and pass a driver’s education class and pass a road test, then they can get a driver’s license.

Can a person with Down syndrome drive a car?

Does anyone with Down syndrome have a PHD?

Karen Gaffney became the first living person with Down syndrome to receive an honorary doctorate degree when she received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Portland on May 5, 2013, for her work in raising awareness regarding the abilities of people who have Down syndrome.

Can a person with Down syndrome have sex?

Sex and Down Syndrome…for some reason, it is believed by some persons that people with Down Syndrome are “forever children”, thus, sex, sexual desires, sexuality is a non issue. Ha! That’s what you call Fake News. Persons with DS develop physically just like everybody else.

Do men with Down Syndrome need to wear condoms?

Men and women with Down syndrome have the same susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as the rest of the population. Use of condoms during sexual intercourse is the best known form of protection against AIDS, herpes and other sexually transmitted infections.

Do men with Down syndrome have a higher risk of STIs?

Men and women with Down syndrome have the same susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as the rest of the population. Use of condoms during sexual intercourse is the best known form of protection against AIDS,…

Can people with Down syndrome get married?

Few papers have described marriage in the Down syndrome population. Studies of marriage in the mentally disabled population by Edgerton (1983); and by Koller et al (1988) have shown that individuals with cognitive deficits who married had only mild mental disabilities.