Using naturalistic research methodology, thirteen mildly retarded secondary students were interviewed in order to discover the extent of their knowledge about sexual topics and to study their attitudes towards various aspects of sexuality. Results indicate that while there was a large amount of variation between the most informed and the least informed respondents, none could really be classified as “well-informed”. Students held a number of attitudes about sexuality, marriage and parenting that, unless modified, could eventually result in problems in adult adjustment in the community. All thirteen students communicated that they needed more information about sexuality and eleven were eager to have sexuality education in school.
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