IMPLANTACIÓN DEL DERECHO A LA SEXUALIDAD DE PERSONAS CON DISCAPACIDAD INTELECTUAL O DEL DESARROLLO SEGÚN LOS PROFESIONALES DE UNA ASOCIACIÓN ANDALUZA.

The perception of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities is often based on prejudices that hinder their exercise of their sexuality's right. This work evaluates the perception of professionals of an Andalusian association in the implementation of this right and whether it differs from national reference values. For this purpose, the responses of 54 professionals from an association were collected through a questionnaire created by De la Cruz et al. (2020), based on nine factors: Information and sexual education, Intimacy, Consideration towards her naked body and shyness, Autonomy and self-determination, Sexual identity and orientation of desire, Personal relationships, Necessary support, Gender perspective and Shared work. The results show scores around 65 (compared to a maximum of 100) for most factors, considered intermediate levels of implementation, and significantly higher values than the national reference in Necessary supports and Shared work. The network of partial relationships shows that Autonomy, Gender, Consideration and Relationships work as central factors, followed by Intimacy, associated to the factor Autonomy, and Identity, associated to Gender. This study illustrates the usefulness of evaluating the implementation of actions in favour of the sexuality of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, providing strategies and methodological tools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]