ENTWINED
“Disabled people’s sexuality has been denied throughout history, especially in the media imaging of our Society. This is a glorious chance to celebrate my own disabled sexuality with my partner Patou, and so we all say, “FUCK your denial, here we are!”” – MAT FRASER with partner PATOU SOULT, Middlesex UK, 2000 MAT FRASER with […]…
EMBRACING LIFE
“My dream is to see all us cripples, no matter our age, body shape, sexual preferences, or nationality, show our sexuality and our pride and our ability to love and be free, and show it out loud.” – KATH DUNCAN, NSW Australia 2000 KATH DUNCAN Kath Duncan is a 40 year old physical freak dynamo […]…
DOMESTIC BLISS
“We like the quality of life we give each other. Robert says he likes my sense of fun, my sense of commitment to social justice issues, my ability to push back boundaries. He likes the fact that he is able to help me have a life full of varied experiences. I like Robert’s honesty, his […]…
DANCING ON BROKEN GLASS
“A friend once said to me: If you want to walk on broken glass, you might as well dance.” – JULIA TRAHAN, Hawaii USA, 2000 JULIA TRAHAN Julia grew up in Oregon and California. She was hit by a truck when she was 11 years old and spent many years recuperating in hospital, during which […]…
CRUISING
“I now sail every week, at every opportunity I can. I love the absolute freedom it gives me. Once you get out on the water the one thing on your mind is the wind, and where you can go, what you can see, which is inaccessible in your chair. I can go exploring. It’s all […]…
AND THOMAS
“Our child is entering the world of ability from a unique perspective.” – GERRY and LOUISE HEWSON, Sydney NSW Australia, 2000 “The first time I went to a game, I was in a huge heavy wheelchair. I saw these guys flying up and down the court in their lightweight wheelchairs. There were people falling out […]…
A VOICE
“I believe that having the ability to celebrate our sexuality and being seen by society including the media as sexual equals to the able bodied, is the key to full inclusion, to removing the barriers and to opening the doors for the disabled in society.” – HUHANA HICKLEY, Hamilton New Zealand, 2000 HUHANA HICKLEY Huhana […]…
PERCEPTIONS
“His mind was stuck. Nothing came next. There was a whining in his ears. His head felt like a beehive. His grip dissipated like a sandbank underfoot and a deep sense of horror engulfed him, made him breathless, made the hairs on the back of his neck quiver. He squatted, rocking gently back and forth, […]…
A DAY AT THE BEACH
“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 […]…
PLUNGE
“Eli, my son (8), has no memory of me with two legs, but what he does know is that the word ‘disability’ does not mean limits or boundaries; they exist only where you create them. Life is there to be embraced and enjoyed in all its facets.” – DAVID ROLFE, Brisbane, Australia 2000 DAVID ROLFE […]…