Sex & Disability

Sex with disability – whether it’s you or a partner who’s disabled or neurodiverse – doesn’t usually have to mean sex that’s harder or more challenging, it usually just means we have to bring out or grow our listening, self-advocacy, and adaptation skills, things that always make sex better, disabled or not.

Articles and Advice in this area:

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  • Sara Traynor

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

Advice
  • 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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  • Eva Sweeney

What if a partner is nonverbal due to disability? Here are some tips on how to seek and obtain consent and how to generally communicate during sex with a nonverbal partner, so sex can be safe, satisfying and fun for everyone involved.

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  • Eva Sweeney

People often have day-to-day coping mechanisms to help manage their spasticity, but what do you do when you have spasticity and want to have sex?

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  • Carrie Kaufman

It’s so important to be able to tell our partners how to support and pleasure us in the ways that work for us.

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  • Madison Parrotta

Depending on your disability, everything involving sex may require help – and if your parent is your primary caregiver, bringing up these topics (let alone asking for assistance with them) is not an easy task.

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  • Andrew Gurza

When your disabled body decides to literally crap out on you, how do you bring sexy back?

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  • s.e. smith

You can do it (with disabilities)!

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  • s.e. smith

Approaching consent through a disability lens opens up new opportunities in all kinds of relationships.

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  • s.e. smith

If you want to explore various aspects of kink — or whatever you want to call it — there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, and it can be fun and one way to build rich, fulfilling relationships.