“Just The Two of Us” Showcases Need for Privacy

“Just The Two of Us” Showcases Need for Privacy

Everyone has a right to enjoy romantic and sexual relationships. For people with Down syndrome and intellectual disabilities, these basic rights are too often considered taboo. People with Down syndrome are often infantilized and perceived as “forever children”, and...
Couples With Down Syndrome in People Magazine

Couples With Down Syndrome in People Magazine

The world-famous weekly runs a photo feature celebrating folks with Down Syndrome in loving relationships. It’s encouraging when mainstream publications present couples with cognitive disabilities. This year on World Down Syndrome Day, People magazine made a...
Podcast on Dating With a Cognitive Disability

Podcast on Dating With a Cognitive Disability

Katherine McLaughlin from Elevatus Training speaks on the topic of dating with a cognitive disability on the weekly podcast. Dating, Relationships, and Disability is a weekly podcast that tackles many subjects. Earlier this month they welcomed Katherine McLaughlin...
Get Married – Lose Your Benefits?

Get Married – Lose Your Benefits?

Outdated laws take away benefits from people with disabilities if they marry or move in together. Now in the USA, it looks like these laws may be overturned. Read or listen to the Radio KAZU story here. In British Columbia, marrying or moving in with your partner can...
Touch Starvation is Bad For Your Health

Touch Starvation is Bad For Your Health

Many people with disabilities get almost no touch – which can cause serious health problems. Here are some solutions. In this article, disability rights advocate Andrew Gurza talks about why touch (whether sexual or non-sexual) is important to people’s...
Disabled Parts

Disabled Parts

This website moves past the mechanics of disabled sex, and explores the emotional & erotic sides. Disabled Parts is a growing archive of poetry, stories, photos and art about sexuality and intimacy, featuring disabled voices. We move past the question of “what is...