When I was younger, I vowed that I would never have a relationship with another disabled person. Certainly until I was about 17, I was kind of “in the closet” about disability. I knew I had one – heck, I got my first motorised wheelchair when I was 2½ – but I did my...

I want to give a shout-out to the caveman the cro-magnon neanderthal 25,000 years ago who saw his naked lover, infatuated with her hippy-hairy loins, and proclaimed “I have an idea.” I want to thank the idea that has lasted through the ages Through evolution, Pharaoh...

My name is Dr. Rafe Eric Biggs and I am a psychologist, somatic educator, filmmaker, and social activist. I am also a quadriplegic from a spinal cord injury that I experienced in 2004 while on spiritual retreat in India that left me paralyzed from the chest down. One...

In 2004 I experienced a spinal cord injury while on spiritual retreat in India that left me paralyzed from the chest down. One of my first thoughts was “I will every walk again?” While this is a primary concern for anyone with a spinal cord injury, the second...

I just experienced a new profound level of healing today through what I am calling erotic bodywork. I met an extraordinary woman whom I will call Joy through a mutual friend. We met several weeks ago over lunch where I was describing my research on sex and disability....

In the last couple years I have had the opportunity to explore my sexual self with open minded and open hearted partners. Because of my spinal injury I have limited sensation feeling light touch only above my nipple line. Down below my level of injury I can feel deep...

In my sexual journeys since my injury I have discovered that the body is capable of many types of erotic pleasure. I do not have much feeling below my chest. I can only feel deep pressure and subtle sensations of energy flowing down my legs. I also have a fair amount...

by Harmony Gates http://www.bodyride.net/ I was lying on my back in the center of the room the music was slow the lights were low. A ritual preparation tuning in to the room to the music to my body he rolled up to me slowly deliberately, I thought and peered down at...

Abelism refers to the multiple ways that society excludes people with disabilities from full participation in life, and denies people access to basic rights that other people exercise with greater freedom. While it isn’t the same thing, ableism shares some things with...

There are many common myths about sexuality and disability. Most start with the biggest myth of all, which is that people with disabilities are all the same, and that you can talk about them as one single group. This is completely false. People living with...