Do/can people with disabilities have/enjoy sex? YES!

We happen to know from the hits to our web site that any time we feature an article dealing with sexuality/intimacy, it gets a lot of attention … and it should. For the vast majority of persons with spinal cord injury, this is one frustrating puzzle to solve and sometimes, there’ are not many solutions. But don’t give up as we have a few resources to introduce you to that could help in that department.

SEXUALITY AFTER SCI — This video archive and website is a resource for people living with spinal cord injury, their partners, and the healthcare professionals who treat them. Their goal was to create a platform that provides the knowledge and practical information needed to encourage communication and instill hope that love, sex and intimacy are all possible after spinal cord injury. They have developed 16 videos addressing the following topics:

• Adaptive Devices

• Communication

• Confidence and Self Esteem

• Dating After SCI

• Debunking Sexual Myths

• Effects of SCI on Sex

• Erections

• Facilitated Sex

• Fertility

• Managing Bodily Functions

• Positioning with Partners

• Pre-Injury Factors

• Redefining Sex

• Sex Life and Well Being

• Talking to Your Doctor

• The Big O

This article appeared on Vice.com and includes interviews with several persons with a disability and how they have maneuvered some of the physical challenges they encounter when trying to become intimate and have intercourse.

My Boyfriend Is Quadriplegic and We're Trying to Have Sex
This Q&A appeared on a web site which posed the challenge of having intercourse with a high-level spinal cord injury male.

FOR WOMEN: Dating, Intimacy and Sex Positions — Atlanta’s Shepherd Center has a repository of videos including three on these topics. Unfortunately, there appears to be a decidedly smaller inventory of content focused on females and their sexual challenges than males.