Implications for practice and research

• Future research should identify support workers’ views and perceptions of the sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities.

• An organisational framework to guide support workers is required to develop their knowledge and practice regarding sexuality and people with intellectual disabilities.

Context

There has been growing attention on the sexuality needs and concerns of people with intellectual disabilities, set within the wider context of their fundamental right to express their sexuality.1 The work of Leclerc and Morin2 highlights the important role of residential support workers in supporting people with intellectual disabilities in the expression of their sexuality. The findings accord the wider research evidence and …