Consent Soap provides sex education for people with learning disabilities

Students from Indonesia's Binus University have won a White Pencil at this year's D&AD New Blood Awards for their colour-coded soaps, designed to teach vulnerable users about consent.

Elva Gracia, Maverick Lee, Lestat Kane and Allya Malaikha developed Consent Soap in response to a brief calling for educational tools that could help to give people with Down's and Fragile X syndrome agency over their sexual intimacy.

The students from Binus University in Jakarta developed a concept that involves three colour-coded soaps for different parts of the body, designating them as "okay to touch", "private", or for "trusted help only".

Nine out of ten people with intellectual and developmental disabilities will experience some form of sexual assault in their lifetime, according to the brief set for the students by healthcare agency 21 Grams.

People with Down's and Fragile X syndrome in particular face the highest rates of sexual misconduct, largely due to a lack of comprehensive education and limited understanding of consent.

Consent Soap was designed to help caregivers make sexual education a natural part of routine care, as repetition using simple language and visual cues is considered the best way to engage users with learning challenges.