by: Mark Cayabyab

Our Lady of Fatima University - Valenzuela (OLFU) Special Education professor Dr. Nida Valeriano said an open discussion about sexuality is as necessary to children with autism as it is to those without learning disabilities.

by: Mark Cayabyab

As masturbation is often a way to relieve stress and anxiety, parents should also find out what their children are stressed over or anxious about.

by: Mark Cayabyab

Our Lady of Fatima University - Valenzuela (OLFU) Special Education professor Dr. Nida Valeriano said an open discussion about sexuality is as necessary to children with autism as it is to those without learning disabilities.

by: GEMMA SAMONTE/OFFICE OF COUN. CORA CORTEZ

Coun. Cora Cortez, chairman of the city council committee on social services, addresses the forum for parents of adolescents with special needs.

by: GEMMA SAMONTE/OFFICE OF COUN. CORA CORTEZ

Experts say girls with autism should also be taught proper hygiene during menstruation. Two OLFU Special Education graduate students show forum attendees when to change into fresh sanitary pads, pouring red-dyed water on oversize mock sanitary pads.

by: GEMMA SAMONTE/OFFICE OF COUN. CORA CORTEZ

A forum on puberty among youth with disability at the Valenzuela City Convention Center, July 23, 2014.