‘We love each other passionately and often. While the disability does, in reality, affect how we do things and what we are able to do together, it does not define our relationship. Assumptions are always the problem. People can assume that because I am disabled, that my sexuality and my ability to enjoy and participate in sex have been taken away from me. It is fun to be part of an education process aimed at challenging this perception.’
SAMANTHA JENKINSON, Perth Western Australia, 2000
‘Meeting Samantha was one of the greatest, scariest, daunting things that has happened to me. I never assumed that it would be easy going out with Sam, but it has been worth all the soul-searching.’
MICHAEL GEDDES, Perth Western Australia, 2000
Samantha has a Bachelor of Social Work. She is a former advocate and case manager and currently lobbies on disability issues as an individual. Samantha has Quadriplegia.
Michael grew up on a farm in the Southern Riverina and now works as a Software Engineer. Michael has added what he describes as an average singing voice to various choirs, plays piano, tin whistle and bodhrán and is an avid reader.