by Cori Carl | Jul 22, 2022 | Caring for a Child, Caring for a Client, Caring for a Friend, Caring for a Romantic Partner, For Friends & Family |
Scarleteen has a fantastic collection of articles on sex and disability. While I typically only share resources about care work or directed to the person whose role is primarily as the caregiver, there are so few quality resources discussing this topic that it feels... 
by External Article | Jul 22, 2022 | Caring for a Friend, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
New relationships – whether romantic, sexual, or both – are almost always exciting, no matter who you are. But for people with disabilities in relationships with neurotypical, nondisabled partners, new relationships can be filled with anxiety, including... 
by External Article | Jul 1, 2022 | Grief |
After my husband, Fernando, had been dead for about two years, I decided to fill out a profile on Match.com. Of course, on that particular evening, I’d drunk quite a bit of wine. … While my husband was alive, my erotic fantasies did not involve him, but now they... 
by External Article | Feb 26, 2020 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Death & Dying |
Hammer is dying. At seventy-nine, she has lived with cancer for thirteen years and has exhausted all available treatment options. She has spoken publicly, repeatedly, about her impending death, both as an artist reflecting on her creative life and as an activist for... 
by External Article | Sep 14, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finding Caregiver Support, Generation X, Long Term Caregiving |
I’m a huge fan of Esther Perel’s podcast, Where Should We Begin? Almost two years ago her husband was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Disease [at 37]. They have three [young] kids, a mortgage to pay, and he has developed some compulsive... 
by External Article | May 17, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
I was a pretty typical teenager when it came to sex. I wanted it and wanted to know more about it. When the classes I took in school failed to tell me how sex happens for folks with disabilities, I turned to the resource kids in the ’90s turned to for everything:... 
by External Article | Apr 18, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent |
Q: My mother is in her late-50s and has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. She tried one round of radiation, but now she is resigned to her fate and doesn’t want more treatment. She is still mentally alert and vivacious. I disagree with her decision, but I... 
by External Article | Oct 16, 2018 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
Disabled folks make up the largest minority population in the world; upwards of 20% of people in the US are living with a disability. This means whether you, yourself, are disabled or not, disability touches everyone in some way or another. Our genders and sexualities... 
by Cori Carl | Aug 31, 2018 | 24/7 Caregiving, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation, Occasional Caregiving, Planning, Reviews |
I’ve long been a fan of Heather Havrilesky, so when I saw her interview Melissa Broder, the woman behind the formerly anonymous Twitter account, @sosadtoday, I knew it would be good. shit can't get worse *shit gets worse* — so sad today (@sosadtoday)... 
by External Article | Jul 20, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
I think it’s important to highlight that we’re both disabled in different ways; I have invisible disabilities, whereas she is legally blind and so we have two totally different kinds of access needs that we’re working toward mindfulness about. I think that disability... 
by External Article | May 25, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Millennial Generation |
My partner, Katie, and I met at our first A-Camp where we were cabinmates. I had very recently been diagnosed with Antisynthetase Syndrome, which can be a devastating disease. It had been made clear to me that I might not make it to 40 years old. I was still... 
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