Have you heard of stereotype threat?
“If I get this role, they are just meeting their diversity quota.” If you have ever had thought like this, you may be experiencing ‘stereotype threat’.
Consent Education: Especially important for people with disabilities
If people with disabilities are without adequate sex education, we leave them more at risk of sexual exploitation, even more so if they are used to non-consensual physical touch as a child.
Inspiration Porn: Disability as non-disabled motivation
This type of content means well, but we must question why it was made. And for whom? Because it's not intended to make people with disabilities feel good, it's for a non-disabled audience.
Disability & Sexuality: History, Barriers and Still Stigma
Contrary to popular belief, people with disabilities are sexual beings. Unfortunately, the sexuality of persons with a disability can be oppressed by their supports, medical professionals and society at large.