But there is one basic human right that could be considered inappropriate or difficult to tackle for disabled young people - the right to have relationships and express their sexuality.
"Growing up, you are bombarded with images about relationships and sexuality," says Dr Graham Jowett, director of education at Treloar College in Hampshire, a further education college for physically disabled young people aged 16 to 25. "It would be inhuman to live in a community such as ours where this was on the TV and in magazines, and then say it's nothing to do with us."
With this in mind, the college has a specialist framework entitled Sexuality in Further Education (Safe) which sets out guidelines and a policy for students to express their sexuality.
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