This week we are joined by Massachusetts-based sex educator Brian Melanson, who serves intellectually and developmentally disabled adolescents within the Whole Selves framework. Our discussion focuses on intellectual disability as a construct; triumphs and challenges with sex and relationships education with this cohort; social stigma and exploitation (and resiliency!); how to balance educational and therapeutic considerations; person-first versus identity-first language; defining “normal”; and finally, being good while also striving to be better.

Talk Like a Man is the podcast of the Men’s Center for Growth and Change.