People with disability can experience barriers to accessing menstrual health information, period products and appropriate support. These barriers can affect health, dignity, privacy, independence and the ability to make informed choices about menstrual health and period care. The Accessible Menstrual Health Education Project aims to address these barriers by making menstrual health information more practical, inclusive and accessible for people with disability in South Australia.
Through co-design with people with disability, support workers and allied health professionals, TABOO Period Products will develop and test resources and approaches that build confidence, strengthen informed choice and make period management safer and easier to navigate.
The Accessible Menstrual Health Education Project will centre the experiences and perspectives of people with disability to better understand barriers to menstrual health information, period products and support, and identify what accessible menstrual health education should look like in practice.
Through a lived-experience working group and co-design activities, the project will develop and test accessible resources, including Easy Read and multimodal materials. The project will also work with support workers and allied health professionals to strengthen their knowledge and confidence in providing safe, consistent and person-centred menstrual health support.
The grant from JFM Fund is supporting TABOO to:
The key goals of the project are:
“People with disability can face additional barriers to accessing the information, products and support they need to manage menstruation with confidence and dignity. This project is an opportunity to listen closely to those experiences and co-design practical resources that better reflect what people actually need.”
Eloise Hall, Co-Founder and Managing Director, TABOO
