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engage in sexual
relationships. To completely accept a person with a disability means that they
are supported in his or her right to find a partner and marry if they so
choose. They need support to have their right to have children. The man or
woman may have a disability but that does not change the fact that they have
desires and want them met like any other individual on this planet. They
deserve the same access to sexual information as the rest of society and having
this access will aid them in making wise choices as to their sexual behavior. It is extremely
important that sexual information not be withheld from a person with a
disability. If that individual has a question, they deserve an answer and if
they want to find it on their own, they should be able to have access to a
library to do their own research. The numbers increase daily of those
individuals with disabilities that go to public schools and work in the public
businesses. Persons with disabilities are educated in the mainstream of society
and who has the right to tell them they do not have access to what every other
person in society has access too. Library’s now are providing handicapped ramps
for those person’s with disabilities and are beginning to equip the inside of
the library to meet the needs of those with disabilities. If a disabled person
does not have access to appropriate material on sexuality then they could very
well be putting their life at risk. If they do not know about the various
sexually transmitted diseases and how to be protected, they will engage in
high-risk behavior and possibly become infected as well as potentially
spreading the disease. *****
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