2014 August

Interview: Dr Shanti Auluck
In Plainspeak English Audit In Plainspeak English Audit 100% 10 A group of people - some of whom have intellectual disabilities, and some of whom don't - stand in three rows. They are looking up and some of them have their hands in the air. Screen reader support enabled. A group of people - some of whom have intellectual disabilities, and some of whom don't - stand in three rows. They are looking up and some of them have their hands in the air.
Interview: Dr Shanti Auluck

Muskaan, established in 1982, is a voluntary organisation of parents and professionals that has grown into one of New Delhi’s…
By Shalini Sinha
August 22, 2014
Interview: Dr Shanti Auluck
Let’s talk about sex education and disability
A man sits on a wheelchair. He is balding, and is wearing a white shirt and plain blue trousers.
Let’s talk about sex education and disability

By: Teresa Fitzherbert For years the need of disabled people for sex and relationship education has been ignored. Campaigners want…
By Curated Content
August 18, 2014
Let’s talk about sex education and disability
जीवन में किसी का साथ और सम्बन्ध एकाकीपन में नहीं पनपते
A man sits on a wheelchair, a child hugs him from behind.
जीवन में किसी का साथ और सम्बन्ध एकाकीपन में नहीं पनपते

मालिनी छिब के लेख सेक्सलेस इन द सिटी (जिसमें मेरी कोई गलती भी नहीं) को पढ़ना एक रुचिकर अनुभव रहा…
By Amrit Hallan
August 15, 2014
जीवन में किसी का साथ और सम्बन्ध एकाकीपन में नहीं पनपते
August 15, 2014
Loree Erickson: Redefining ‘Sexy’
African Gathering Starts up Sex Disability Coalition -II
A group of African activists are seated around a table, seemingly engaged in a discussion
African Gathering Starts up Sex Disability Coalition -II

The Structure of the Coalition The second day promised to be one that focused more on the structure and process…
By Janet Price
August 15, 2014
African Gathering Starts up Sex Disability Coalition -II
Disability and Sexuality Resources
Silhouettes of a man and a woman sitting in two respective wheelchairs. The man is kissing the woman's hand
Disability and Sexuality Resources

Posted by incurable hippie: I have been doing some research on sex and disability, and thought I would share some of…
By Curated Content
August 15, 2014
Disability and Sexuality Resources
Relationship and companionship don’t exist in isolation
A man sits on a wheelchair. He's wearing a blue sweatshirt and blue trousers. A child in a bright pink sweater leans against his wheelchair
Relationship and companionship don’t exist in isolation

It was very interesting to read Sexless in the City (For No Fault of Mine) by Malini Chib and the…
By Amrit Hallan
August 15, 2014
Relationship and companionship don’t exist in isolation
Desexualising Disability
Black and white picture of the back of a naked woman who has curly hair
Desexualising Disability

Two of my most favourite disability-related public awareness projects in recent years have been the American Able project and Undressing…
By Curated Content
August 15, 2014
Desexualising Disability
Love will find a way: The story of six differently abled couples who never thought they’d find love
A man dressed in a light blue shirt and black trousers sits on a wheelchair. He is in a public place - a sort of a bridge, that overlooks a river. A woman dressed in a multi coloured sari sits on the railing of the bridge.
Love will find a way: The story of six differently abled couples who never thought they’d find love

SUMMARY Six young men and women, all afflicted by polio, had never thought they would fall in love. Till they…
By Curated Content
August 15, 2014
Love will find a way: The story of six differently abled couples who never thought they’d find love
Sexless in the City (For No Fault of Mine)
A picture of disability rights activist Malini Chib sitting on a wheelchair. She is has black shoulder-length hair and is wearing glasses. Her top is white with black stripes and her trousers are black. The text beside her reads 'One Little Finger, Malini Chib'
Sexless in the City (For No Fault of Mine)

If a woman likes a man, she seduces him with her charm, wit and humour. This, I have seen, works….
By Malini Chib
August 1, 2014
Sexless in the City (For No Fault of Mine)
African Gathering Starts up Sex Disability Coalition
In Plainspeak English Audit In Plainspeak English Audit 100% 10 Three women sit together, two of them are of african descent and the other is caucasian. They are sitting at a table with a sheet of long white paper in front of them which has writing in bold black and blue ink. Screen reader support enabled. Three women sit together, two of them are of african descent and the other is caucasian. They are sitting at a table with a sheet of long white paper in front of them which has writing in bold black and blue ink.
African Gathering Starts up Sex Disability Coalition

In the first week of July, I travelled together with my partner (commonly known as ‘the DisObedient PA (DOPA)’ amongst…
By Janet Price
August 1, 2014
African Gathering Starts up Sex Disability Coalition
Providing sexual services to clients with disability
A woman dressed in a black and red dress and holding up a big red umbrella is looking behind. She has long blonde hair and a smile on her face.
Providing sexual services to clients with disability

I’ve been a sex worker for over 20 years. I’m a migrant sex worker based in Sydney, Australia but have…
By Rachel Wotton
August 1, 2014
Providing sexual services to clients with disability
‘What can we do for them?’
A poster of the movie 'Accsex', with a yellow background and white doodles on it. The names of the director and the cast is printed in dark letter towards the bottom.
‘What can we do for them?’

‘How can she claim to be deaf if she doesn’t use sign language?’ ‘I’m glad this film has articulated the…
By Shweta Ghosh
August 1, 2014
‘What can we do for them?’
The Editorial: Disability and Sexuality
On a yellow background, the text "Disabled and Sexual. Deal With It." is written inside a red rectangular box.
The Editorial: Disability and Sexuality

What can persons with disability do and not do? Can they have sex? Should they have sex? However well-intentioned they…
By TARSHI
August 1, 2014
The Editorial: Disability and Sexuality
Unraveling the Myth: People with Disabilities Do It Too
Unraveling the Myth: People with Disabilities Do It Too

‘People say, someone who has a disability should not indulge in sex,’ Inocente, a blind man in his 40s, told…
By Shantha Rau Barriga
August 1, 2014
Unraveling the Myth: People with Disabilities Do It Too
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