This report details the findings of conversation groups where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities discussed their experiences in appointments with medical providers.

It is important to learn how medical appointments can be more supportive and patient-centered, especially if someone has experienced sexual assault. Conversation groups were designed as a live, online video session with medical professionals who answered questions about their practices with patients who had been sexually assaulted, including those with disabilities. This focus group details the findings from those conversation groups. 

Talk About Sexual Violence gives health care professionals the basic tools they need to have a simple, direct, and honest conversation about an all too common experience faced by men with I/DD – sexual violence.

Talk About Sexual Violence gives health care professionals the basic tools they need to have a simple, direct, and honest conversation about an all too common experience faced by women with I/DD – sexual violence.