Two sex educators for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities discuss how society can better serve this vulnerable community
If you are old enough, you may recall a shocking news story from 2005: At the Nantong Children’s Welfare Institute in Jiangsu, two teenage girls with intellectual disabilities didn’t know how to deal with their periods, so the institute gave them hysterectomies in order to avoid the hassle of caring for them, as well as any other issues that might arise with sexual maturity.
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Nathaniel Gan is a translator working from Chinese and Spanish to English. He translates poetry, fiction, and first-person narratives for TWOC. His background in activism, farming, education, and design has provided a fertile training ground for navigating the space between worldviews, where meaning depends as much on context as content. Based out of Providence, Rhode Island, Nathaniel collaborates with poets and writers in the US and internationally.
