[Ethics: supporting the sexuality of people with a mental disability in an institution].

The question of the sexuality of people with a disability in an institution touches on two sensitive aspects: sexuality, between taboo and unknown, and disability-related particularities. Within the microsociety of an institution, the protocols, daily living rules and therapeutic framework guide institutional life, and caregivers are sometimes helpless. An ethical perspective can help professionals support people with a mental disability with regard to their emotional and sexual life.