Sarah Curtiss, assistant professor of special education at the University of Delaware and the creator of ASDSexEd.org.

Sarah Curtiss, an assistant professor with UD’s School of Education, recently published in the Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities an approach to assessing risk factors for sexual assault against people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Curtiss says this population is uniquely vulnerable to sexual assault because protective policies are not enforced, sex ed is uncommon and direct support professionals are rarely given specialized training.