By David Davis — 2020
The Paralympics had not yet been invented. These veterans were sports trailblazers. They were medical miracles as well.
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We’re exploring love in many forms with first-hand accounts from the frontlines of dating, marriage, intimacy and friendship, all with people living—and loving—with disabilities.
My best resource turns out to be websites that offer ten, twenty-five, or 101 relationship tips. The sites are silly, and the ads gum up my computer, but I learn about concepts like compassion, forgiveness, and presence.
Sometimes you have to come up with unique ways to show love if your partner has a disability.
Women with disabilities often begin to date much later in life, and they struggle in a dating culture that places a premium on physical appearance.
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People with physical disabilities fight hurtful stereotypes when looking for relationship partners
How misperceptions about disability can prevent people with physical and cognitive impairments from being able to express their sexuality.
If you have ADHD, you might find it hard to date, make friends, or parent. That’s partly because good relationships require you to be aware of other people's thoughts and feelings. But ADHD can make it hard for you to pay attention or react the right way.
As they reach adulthood, the overarching quest of many in this first generation to be identified with Asperger syndrome is the same as many of their nonautistic peers: to find someone to love who will love them back.
Most of us struggle at one time or another with an inability to feel what’s going on inside us at the level of emotion and energy flow. The technical term for this problem is “alexithymia.”
The communication technique of Non-Violent Communication (NVC) developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg provides a way to communicate with our partners safely and peacefully.
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