Examination of Sexual Development in Children with 48-72 Months of Age

This study is a case study which is one of the qualitative research methods and a general survey model which is one of the quantitative research methods. The sexual identity and gender behaviors of children with different disabilities (hearing impairment, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder) were examined. Selcuk Sexual Development Scale (36-72 Months) was used as the data collection tool. SPSS 20 software and coding method were used for data analysis. The sample of the study consists of 48-72 months of children who reside in Konya between 2017-2018, who have been diagnosed with medical diagnosis by the health board, and who have been diagnosed with educational diagnosis by guidance research centers, who have a mild level of inadequacy, and who have achieved at least one word-expressing language development at least. As a result of the research, the reasons of non-preferential behaviors of children with intellectual disabilities were grouped under 5 themes, children with autism spectrum disorder were gropued under 6 themes and children with hearing impairment under 3 themes. It has been determined that the acquisition of children with sexual identity of children with hearing-impairment is more sufficient than children with intellectual disabilities and children with intellectual disabilites’ sexual identity acquisition is more sufficient than children with autism spectrum disorder.