I want to normalise disabled people being an option for partnership.

Disabled people being an option for dating and love and sex.

Why do we imagine disabled people aren't desirable?

I think one of the biggest barriers for disabled people not being able to access pleasure

is probably there's a lot of internalised ableism. I think we put a lot of barriers on ourselves.

What internalised assumptions do we all hold about what it means to be disabled?

So what disability inclusive sex education doesn't look like is just adding pictures of wheelchairs or crutches. What it does look like is not making assumptions about how bodies work.

And how can sex education truly be inclusive of disabled people?

I'm Hannah Witten and this is Doing It.

Over the course of this series, we're going to be unapologetically nerdy about sex,

diving into some of the biggest taboos that impact our relationship with sex, our bodies, and the other people in our lives.

Last time, we explored sex therapy,

and we made a start in asking whether sex, talking about it or doing it, is truly inclusive

and accessible to everyone. So let's pull at that thread. Today, we're talking disability.

Let me take you back to 2017.

Hello and welcome to episode 15 of the Hormone Diaries.

I had been making educational sex and relationships content online for six years.

It is masturbation.

Covering so many different topics.

So I've actually made some videos about porn and porn.

From masturbation to healthy relationships,

to consent and porn, and I thought I'd covered it all.

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