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LoginDue to the nature of disabilities, you may feel that your partner with a disability is not deserving of love. Consequently, you may feel you are doing them a favor by loving them. However, nothing is further from the truth. Persons with disabilities deserve true love and affection just like any other person. Their disability is just like other characteristics, the way some people are tall, others short, some dark, and others brown. They all deserve love. Therefore, discard the perception that by dating a person with a disability, you are offering them a privilege. They are deserving of your love just as you are deserving of theirs. Persons with disabilities face a lot of stigma because of being that way.
Erin is the Digital Content Producer for Easterseals Thrive , an online support network and community hub for disabled women. You can follow Thrive on Instagram , Twitter , and Facebook! Finding a partner can be difficult for anyone, but for disabled people, there are extra barriers in place. Many are shocked to learn that we have active social lives and romantic relationships, including sexual ones — gasp! There are limited resources for disabled people when it comes to dating and relationships, including sexual and reproductive health. Even on dating sites geared specifically toward disabled people, that baggage from always being told we were less than our abled peers clouds our relationships with each other. That baggage is so heavy that it even follows you long after you enter a relationship.
Does it seem more difficult to find love if you have a disability? Many of our interviewees said that, at first, yes. Of course, when is it ever easy, right? And these stories show it.
Abilities ambassadors hale from all corners of the disability community. They are leaders, writers, artists, entrepreneurs, veterans, athletes, celebrities, advocates and parents to special needs kids. If you have a story to tell to the disability community, then we want to hear it!
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