儘管過去許多研究對智能障礙者健康特質、照護需求利用與醫療政策進行探討，但較缺乏針對女性智能障礙者進行研究，以所有智能障礙者（不分性別）的研究結果來概化他／她們的健康問題容易忽略了性別的個別效應，也低估了女性智能障礙者的健康照護問題。性別對健康的影響並非一成不變，歷經不同生命期程造成不同影響，更加深了性別研究的必要性與迫切性，因此有必要針對女性智能障礙者的健康議題加以深入探討。月經是每一位女性所必須經歷的人生重要過程，女性智能障礙者經歷與一般女性在月經不同的感受，她們並無法正確的表達經歷的感受，也難以清楚的描述月經所造成的疼痛與不舒服，或是月經處理不當所造成的疾病等，以致於在她們的月經問題常被以負面角度看待。因此本文主要目的喚醒相關單位注視女性智能障礙者的月經問題，尤其是瞭解她們在月經問題的經驗、感受與處理困難等，以界定她們的健康需求。此外，本文也強調未來應該深入瞭解女性智能障礙者父母、主要照顧者或相關服務人員在她們月經經歷上所扮演的角色與認知等，進而作為日後推動女性智能障礙者相關健康政策的基礎，以提升她們的健康相關生活品質。

People with intellectual disabilities experience communication problem, this limits them in expressing their concern about their own health and may not be able to make choices about their health and their lifestyle. Women with intellectual disabilities appear to be at least as likely to experience menstrual problems as other women. Such problems may be experienced differently and more negatively and may not always be recognized appropriately. Therefore, menstruation appears to be problematic for this group of people. There is a few evidence has existed in the literature to describe the menstrual problems which women with intellectual disabilities experienced, particularly in Taiwan. The aim of this paper is to evoke the stakeholders of disability to focus the gender issue of people with intellectual disabilities, particularly in the issue of the experience of women with intellectual disabilities. Firstly, based on the perspectives of their parents, caregivers and the stakeholders, to examine their role and perception in menstrual problems for them. The author wish service providers, caregivers and the clients with intellectual disabilities themselves, to incorporate the appropriate training, information, resource and communication needs of all concerns of menstruction for women with intellectual disabilities.