Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 24
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Girls and young women with disabilities and sensory impairments face additional barriers to menstrual wellbeing.
Conclusion
Girls and young women with disabilities and sensory impairments face additional barriers to menstrual wellbeing. Taboos around periods are compounded by those around disability. Disabled and Deaf girls’ period- related needs are routinely ignored or dismissed. We were shocked to hear that girls in specialist spinal cord injury centres receive no advice or support on menstrual wellbeing or managing periods and period products after paralysis. (Conclusion, Paragraph 103)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 26 May 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗