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The Authors

Susan Heighway, M.S., PNP-BC, APNP, is a nurse practitioner with the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the Waisman Center and a faculty associate with the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the Waisman Center, she works as a nurse practitioner in the outpatient specialty clinics serving individuals with developmental disabilities and metabolic and/or genetic disorders and their families. She is the nursing training coordinator for a federally funded maternal and child health interdisciplinary leadership training program for graduate students.

Susan Kidd Webster, MSSW, ISW, is Emeritus faculty of the School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For many years, she worked on capacity-building projects as an outreach specialist with the Waisman Center to support people with developmental disabilities in the community. She taught courses and coordinated internships for undergraduate and graduate social work students working with persons with developmental disabilities. She is also the parent of an adult son with an intellectual disability.

Both Ms. Heighway and Ms. Webster have several years of experience in the area of sexual abuse prevention and sexuality education for people with developmental disabilities. For several years, they worked together at the Waisman Center. They both served on a task force that was convened by the Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities and addressed issues of sexual abuse for people with developmental disabilities. They provided consultation to community agencies; presented at conferences; gave guest lectures on campus; and conducted workshops regarding sexuality and sexual abuse at the local, state, and national levels. They are the co-authors of the original STARS publication, which was published by Future Horizons, Inc., and was developed for adolescents and adults.