Delta4Embassy
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/artic...miting-condition-and-i-want-to-talk-about-sex
"Lucy thinks young people in her situation don't know how to ask for help because they're embarrassed.
"Sex and intimacy is a taboo anyway without it being with a disability or a life-limiting condition. Nobody knows what to say, it's difficult for everyone concerned."
That's where the team behind the new guide hopes to make a difference. It's come from The Open University and the charity Together for Short Lives.
Lucy thinks professionals do need better training in this area.
"What would really help people like me is to have the professionals trained to give us advice, to know the legalities of it, to know the personal side.
"But also for there to be publications that actually give advice to young people.""
"Lucy thinks young people in her situation don't know how to ask for help because they're embarrassed.
"Sex and intimacy is a taboo anyway without it being with a disability or a life-limiting condition. Nobody knows what to say, it's difficult for everyone concerned."
That's where the team behind the new guide hopes to make a difference. It's come from The Open University and the charity Together for Short Lives.
Lucy thinks professionals do need better training in this area.
"What would really help people like me is to have the professionals trained to give us advice, to know the legalities of it, to know the personal side.
"But also for there to be publications that actually give advice to young people.""
