Helping your Family Member Understand the Dating Process

Families play an important role in helping their family members with intellectual disabilities make choices in more intimate relationships. They also have a part to play in providing them with the tools to make these choices on their own and an understanding of appropriate ways to act depending on what develops in the relationship. One parent says of their son: “He does have a girlfriend and they date regularly, but he wants to move forward to the next step (move in together) and she is not ready to do so.”

Beth, ON