Ready, Sexy, Able: Sex And Disability Resources
There’s a lot of material out there on sex and disability, but sometimes it’s hard to find. I find a lot of gems hiding in the corners of the Internet, and I want to bring these gems out so they can sparkle in the light.
Books
- The
Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and Illness - Queer
Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories - Power
Exchange Books: Playing with Disabilities (PEM Books) - Exile
& Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation
Web Resources
- Disability Dharma: What Including and Learning From Disability Can Teach Everyone About Sex
- disability and body image
- Contraception for People with Disabilities
- Speak UP: Safeguarding People Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Against Sexual Abuse/Victimization
- Barriers to Sexual Expression and Disability
- Sexual Health and Disability Alliance
- Talking About Sex and Relationships: The Views of Young People with Learning Disabilities (pdf file)
- Go Ask Alice: How can Boyfriend With Cerebral Palsy Get IN Touch With His Body?
- Go Ask Alice: Sex and Disabilities
- Sexual Vocabulary Terms IN Sign Language
- Sexual Vocabulary Lists for People Who Use Augmentative And Alternative Communication (AAC) devices
- Bent: A Journal of CripGay Voices
- Making Sex Toys Accessible and other resources from Come As You Are
- Deaf Queer Resource Center
- Sex-abled: Disability Uncensored
- Sexual Device Manual for Persons with Disabilities: from the Disabilities Health Research Network
- Sins Invalid | An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility
- A Witness To Courage: Dave Hingsberger
- Queer Disability Conference (2002)
- Queer Disability Listserv
- The Too Hard Basket (radio documentary
(“sexual device” is their wording, not mine!)