There are many misconceptions about people who have disabilities. Many of those misconceptions center around sexuality. Huffington Post shares seven misconceptions about having sex with a physical disability from the perspective of four people with various disabilities. “Don’t hesitate to…
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…
“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…
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…
“The dating world is already complicated, but try it after enduring a Spinal Cord Injury,” says Wes Hamilton, a T11/T12 paraplegic. He says getting back into the dating game after acquiring a disability can be difficult because an individual not…
How would you feel if your significant other was involved in a life-altering situation? Norah Sanders shares her perspective on this question as her boyfriend Sergio was involved in a traumatic event that left him paralyzed at the age of…