I think the thing you have to aim for is that people are still people whether they're smart, disabled, athletic, etc., or not, and we respect people in sex as well as in public.
I agree, and might also add a mention some where that there ARE invisible disabilities and also ones where your level of ability may vary dramatically- it's easy to get caught up in thinking of disabilities as only ones which are very obvious right away, like wheelchair users, but obviously that's not the case.
Perhaps discuss also a situtation where you may have been dating someone for a while and only find out once you're involved that the person as ability issues sometimes? Would you break up with them? Would you expect them to warn you on the first date that sometimes they use a cane/wheelchair/whatever? What if you were dating someone and they became disabled while you were dating? Would you suddenly feel differently?
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Date: 2008-01-29 05:06 am (UTC)I agree, and might also add a mention some where that there ARE invisible disabilities and also ones where your level of ability may vary dramatically- it's easy to get caught up in thinking of disabilities as only ones which are very obvious right away, like wheelchair users, but obviously that's not the case.
Perhaps discuss also a situtation where you may have been dating someone for a while and only find out once you're involved that the person as ability issues sometimes? Would you break up with them? Would you expect them to warn you on the first date that sometimes they use a cane/wheelchair/whatever? What if you were dating someone and they became disabled while you were dating? Would you suddenly feel differently?