Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and Illness

By Fran Odette, Cory Silverberg, Miriam Kaufman

Book Overview

The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability is the first complete sex guide for people who live with disabilities, pain, illness, or chronic conditions. Useful for absolutely everyone, regardless of age, gender, or sexual orientation, the book addresses a wide range of disabilities -- from chronic fatigue, back pain, and asthma to spinal cord injury, hearing and visual impairment, multiple sclerosis, and more. Expertly written by a medical doctor, a sex educator, and a disability activist, The Ultimate Guide provides readers with encouragement, support, and all the information they need to create a sex life that works for them. The authors cover all aspects of sex and disability, including building a positive sexual self-image; positions to minimize stress and maximize pleasure; dealing with fatigue or pain during sex; finding partners and talking with partners about sex and disability; adapting sex toys; and more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573443042
• ISBN13: 9781573443043
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Cleis Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

good book

I think this is a great book. It presents sex from the point of view that it's possible, even with some limitations. I think it is very useful to everyone, able-bodied or not!

Excellent

this book is very full of information that people with disablities & chronic pain need to know. it has been very helpful & interesting to me.

Excellent find

This book is open and honest, and allows for people of all sexual orientations and gender identity. It is also quite interesting to read through.

Finally some straight talk!

A breath of fresh air for the physically challenged/disabled. Yes, romance is possible. Yes, physical intimacy is possible - and not solely the province of the perfect. This book should be in the library of any professional care/health provider who works with the physically disabled/challenged.

A great resource!

I think this is an amazing resource to really get people thinking about themselves as sexual beings. It encompasses a wide range of sexual options and also gives good information about sex-related topics (such as communication). I especially appreciate that this book isn't about a specific disability or illness, and it recognizes the ways in which disabilities can be enabling during sex as well. I definatly reccomend this book to people with disabilities and without disabilities-- I guarentee you'll learn something new.