Bright Futures

Harmful Sexual Behaviours Workshop

Workshop overview coming soon…

Presenters

Presenter details coming soon
Daniel Morcombe Foundation

Porn is not the norm: Young people, neurodivergence and the impacts of porn

Readily available and aggressively marketed online, exposure to pornography is now mainstream.

For neurodivergent young people, pornography’s influence can be even more challenging. For example, monotropism, the key characteristic of autism, can make autistic young people particularly vulnerable to the impacts of pornography. The messages conveyed by pornography can be a source of confusion and concern, and shape unrealistic and unhealthy sexual understandings and expectations. At its worst, pornography exposure can increase the likelihood of autistic young people becoming a victim or perpetrator of a sexual crime.

This full day workshop will explore pornography’s prevalence and influence, its implications for neurodivergent young people, and how we can support them to navigate respectful, consenting and safe sexuality and relationships in this new reality.

Presenters

Maree Crabbe
Director at It’s Time We Talked – Young people, pornography and sexuality

Dr Wenn Lawson
(PhD), AFBPsS. MAPs – Autistic Consultant and Independent Researcher