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:

Advice
  • Heather Corinna

Really, truly, the longer we’re in relationships, the more we’re going to go through times when for one partner or the other – sometimes both – libidos are low or sex just isn’t a high priority. That’s okay. To expect our sex lives as time goes on to resemble how they were when we were brand new…

Advice
  • Heather Corinna

Of all the antidepressants around, Zoloft is actually most often linked to sexual side effects, and inability to reach orgasm, ejaculate with orgasm, erectile dysfunction and impaired libido (sexual drive) are common effects of Zoloft (and other SSRIs). So, since that is a very likely possibility…

Article
  • Clare Sainsbury

There is really only one thing that you need to know about sex and disability: Disabled people have sex, too.