Managing bodily functions is an important aspect of life for people post-injury. Mishaps with bladder and bowel functions can be an embarrassing issue especially if they happen while being intimate with another person. Mount Sinai’s website Sexuality and SCI discusses…
“Caregiving (and I imagine parenting) is so all consuming that its immersive nature leaves little room for planning and perspective. Yet, in order to maintain your own sense of identity, it’s absolutely necessary to find an approach that works for…
Lindsay Cochran is a thirteen-year-old living with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). Lindsay needs assistance throughout the day, and the Cochran family proves that caring for a loved one is a family affair. “Sometimes it really stinks having someone constantly help…
“Whether you’re looking for romance, sexual pleasure, a relationship, love or all four, disability shouldn’t stop you from enjoying the joys sex and relationships,” says Tuppy Owens, a sex therapist. She gives advice in relation to dating, relationships, and sex…
Chelsea and James celebrated their four year anniversary on January 14, 2018. James has a spinal cord injury. Chelsea reflects on four lessons she has learned during her relationship. Take Chances --- Love Is Love Chelsea says, “It’s definitely a…
“Once in a while in the life of a caregiver, the chance of a few days away from home reveals itself. A respite break might come from a community care home or it might be arranged with the help of…
There is a misconception that people with disabilities are not capable of having sex, especially those with spinal cord injuries. However, sexual relationships have many benefits for people after sustaining a spinal cord injury. Backbones discusses the topic of sex…
“I used to think that dating with a disability shouldn’t be any different, because … I didn’t want it to be different! I have felt different my entire life — and I didn’t want to continue feeling that way,” says…
Allison Cardwell, who has cerebral palsy, has had her fair share of dating experiences. She shares some of these experiences as she gives advice to others who are in the dating game. She says this advice is for people of…
When Nur Fariza, 30, met her current partner, she had just arrived at her workplace at a hotel and looking for a way to negotiate a steep slope with her wheelchair. That morning, a bellman at his first day of…