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Dating With a Disability
By Wendy Lu — 2016
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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Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.7
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