Disability

Having a disability doesn’t mean not having sexuality, but you’d never know that from the messaging out there. Here’s sex, relationships and bodies information for people with a range of disabilities, from neurodiversity to chronic illness to mobility or cognitive disability. Nothing about us without us: our disability information is almost always written by people with disabilities themselves.

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Care Web Toolkit

  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith
  • Jacob Mirzaian
bones23

I’m 23, and grew up in a relatively conservative environment. I’m Black and adopted, live in a rural community, had catholic school education for 14 years, and am chronically ill with Crohn’s Disease...

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I really want to have sex, but I don't know how, and I'm queer, chronically ill and isolated.

  • Kelli Dunham RN BSN
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We Need to Talk About Sex and ADHD

  • Sara Traynor
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Care Web Toolkit

  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith
  • Jacob Mirzaian

Our downloadable and printable templates to help you keep and organize all your healthcare information.

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We Need to Talk About Sex and ADHD

  • Sara Traynor

Recent studies show that, when it comes to sex, there are overlapping issues that ADHDers share.

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I'm an Autistic Extrovert: What Does that Mean For My Dating Future?

  • Lisa Laman

My name is Lisa Laman…and I’m an autistic extrovert.

Advice

I really want to have sex, but I don't know how, and I'm queer, chronically ill and isolated.

  • Kelli Dunham RN BSN

Thanks for your question and for sharing so much with us. You ended your question with “What am I doing wrong?” I wanted to start by inviting you to consider all the many, many things you are doing to make your life better: being open with the people in your life about your identity, going to…

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Heavy Metal Heartbreak: Dating with a Brain Injury

  • Melissa Meszaros

The author of the new book Heavy Metal Heartbreak shares some of how dating went while recovering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and has a little advice.

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Support from the Start: How to Talk About Disability With A Disabled Partner When You're a Nondisabled Person

  • Haley Moss

In my experience, disclosure is an ongoing conversation and there is no single “correct” way to do it, but there are ways our partners can be stronger allies.

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Pelvis Problems: The Painful Peeing Syndromes

  • Caitlyn Tivy PT, DPT, OCS

Interstitial cystitis (IC) and chronic prostatitis (CP) can cause pain with peeing. Learn how they can be diagnosed and treated so you can pee without pain.

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An Autistic's Guide to Being Ghosted

  • Lisa Laman

Suddenly, a person you’ve been regularly communicating with is M.I.A.

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It's Never Too Late To Start To Date

  • Lisa Laman

Human beings are not on a strict timetable to do all the same things at the same time. This is just as true of dating like anything else.

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Pelvis Problems: Anodyspareunia (aka: Pain with Butt Stuff)

  • Caitlyn Tivy PT, DPT, OCS

Here because you or your partner(s) have experienced pain with anal sex, whether multiple times or just once? You’re in the right place!