Special Olympics Arizona fully supports the idea that all people have the right to healthy and safe relationships. The mission of SOAZ’s Healthy Relationships program is to ensure that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities have the encouragement, tools, and knowledge to experience safe and healthy relationships by offering inclusive sexual health education, services, and resources. As a part of the Healthy Relationships program, SOAZ, in collaboration with a team of inclusive health professionals, parents, and athletes, developed Understanding Me: The Athlete’s Guide to Navigating Healthy Relationships. This curriculum includes activities, education, and conversation about healthy boundaries, relationships, consent, reproductive body parts, and more; resulting in participants having an increased sense of body awareness, expression, autonomy, and self-advocacy.”
