{"id":98548,"date":"2019-05-08T17:38:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T15:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=98548"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:19","slug":"autism-plays-a-unique-role-in-psychosexual-functioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/05\/08\/autism-plays-a-unique-role-in-psychosexual-functioning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Autism plays a unique role in psychosexual functioning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/08171700\/linda-dekker-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139171\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/08171700\/linda-dekker-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139171 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/08171700\/linda-dekker-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139171 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/08171700\/linda-dekker-875x584.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139171 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/08171700\/linda-dekker-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139171 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/08171700\/linda-dekker-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139171 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/08171700\/linda-dekker-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139171 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/08171700\/linda-dekker.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139171 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>Linda Dekker<\/span><\/p> <p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/levien-willemse\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Levien Willemse<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More PhDs <\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/04\/10\/corruption-is-a-subject-which-causes-people-to-lose-their-heads\/\">&#8216;Corruption is a subject which causes people to lose their heads&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/03\/13\/publishing-is-not-what-science-is-all-about\/\">\u2018Publishing is not what science is all about\u2019<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/02\/13\/be-sceptical-and-be-careful\/\">\u2018Be sceptical and be careful\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>What were you researching?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI studied psychosexuality among young people with autism. That means sexuality in the broadest sense of the word: behaviour, all the personal elements, what\u2019s happening within a person, and the social facets like education and interaction with peers, parents and media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What led you to undertake this research?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA large Dutch mental health institution treating autistic youths, Yulius, realised that these young people were faced with sexual problems. My supervisor worked at the Sophia Children\u2019s Hospital and was brainstorming with Yulius colleagues on how to tackle the problem. What\u2019s tricky is that many parents and practitioners had long thought that people with autism wouldn\u2019t be interested in sex, because they have more social and emotional difficulties. And while no parent finds it easy to talk about sex, it\u2019s even more complicated when children also have social and emotional problems. So there were concerns, but no-one took up the issue. Only relatively little research had been done in any case. Where there was scientific literature, it was about problematic behaviour such as stalking or masturbating in public, and the questions had only been answered by parents and practitioners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u2018One of the young people I treated told me he had a girlfriend. In fact, the relationship actually turned out to be that he was at her door every day.\u2019\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the most important conclusion from your research?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAutism plays a unique role in psychosexual functioning. Although it doesn\u2019t necessarily entail problems, autism does increase the risk of there being difficulty in functioning. I have also shown that it\u2019s important to question young people themselves, not just practitioners or parents, because there\u2019s a clear difference between these groups\u2019 answers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier research showed that those with autism learn differently. For example, they have more difficulty with learning implicitly, they don\u2019t \u2018just pick things up\u2019 like people without autism. But in fact, sexuality involves a great deal of nuance, and there\u2019s little strict, fixed knowledge. A great deal of sexual knowledge is also transferred in a vague way: \u2018The birds and the bees, making love\u2019. Parents and social workers often find it difficult to explain what really happens in specific terms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne example of the consequences of a lack of knowledge: one of the young people I treated told me he had a girlfriend. In fact, the relationship actually turned out to be that he was at her door every day. Something like that can escalate badly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we developed a training course that\u2019s extremely specific, with a manual, drawings and pictures. As part of my dissertation I tested these with thirty young people, which revealed an increase in psychosexual knowledge. Since then the course has also been tested in a larger group, with the same positive outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve been working on it for a while.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI began in 2010. The project was actually underfunded; we only had two years of funding from the Sophia Foundation. So it didn\u2019t start out as a graduation project. In the course of those two years it then turned out that Yulius would also pay for a year of research. We felt that three years would be tight, but perhaps we would manage. Now I know this was extremely unrealistic. I began working at the ESSB as a teacher after three years, and completed the dissertation in my spare time. That\u2019s the way it goes: life happened, and suddenly I was nine years further on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was there ever a moment when you thought: I\u2019m throwing in the towel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course it\u2019s tough, especially when you\u2019re doing it in your spare time. I had made quite a bit of progress after three years, and then for six years I just kept thinking: I\u2019m almost there. Certainly there were times when I wondered why I was doing it. I would have loved to go to the movies on a Friday, but there I was again, working my Fridays and Saturdays on this. I never seriously considered giving up, but I did let myself think about it now and then, just to be kind to myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s on the cover?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA creative friend and I brainstormed. How do you capture autism and sexuality in a picture? Love is really complicated. For many people a heart represents relationships, love or sex, but we don\u2019t have much insight into what\u2019s going on inside. These three coloured radars symbolise the three elements of psychosexuality. The funny thing is that everyone sees something different in it, like a robot heart because it\u2019s white. But that\u2019s not what I wanted to reflect. 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/21\/gemeenten-moeten-verkamering-makkelijker-maken-vindt-lsvb\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tMunicipalities should make house-sharing easier, says LSVb\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-21\">21 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/21\/gemeenten-moeten-verkamering-makkelijker-maken-vindt-lsvb\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tMunicipalities should make house-sharing easier, says LSVb\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-21\">21 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-scaled.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-scaled.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-875x618.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 875w, 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-225x159.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/kabinet-wil-meer-tijdelijke-huurcontracten-voor-studenten\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tCabinet wants more temporary rental contracts for students\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! 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