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A Dilemma of Intimacy

By Anne Anlin Cheng — 2020

An Asian American writer grapples with interracial love in a time of disaster.

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Seeking Intimacy

People with physical disabilities fight hurtful stereotypes when looking for relationship partners

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Navigating Love and Autism

As they reach adulthood, the overarching quest of many in this first generation to be identified with Asperger syndrome is the same as many of their nonautistic peers: to find someone to love who will love them back.

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Love and Disability: ‘Inter-ability Relationships’ Conquer Stereotypes

I have been no stranger to inter-ability relationships. But finding the right person to be able to handle me and my disability has been difficult.

Peter Gibilisco

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9 Things to Keep in Mind When Dating a Person with a Disability

Tip #7: Be patient with us.

Hannah Shewan Stevens

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It’s Perfectly OK to Call a Disabled Person ‘Disabled,’ and Here’s Why

We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.

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Please Don’t Call Me “Wheelchair-Bound.”

What I’m hoping to do here is help portray the incapacitated form in an optimistic light and defy the labels enforced upon us by society.

Sandy Pennington

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People Who Have a Partner with a Disability Show Love in Unique Ways

Sometimes you have to come up with unique ways to show love if your partner has a disability.

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Wheelchair Rapunzel: ‘Growing up, I never knew I was allowed celebrate my disabled body’

Alex Dacy is a strong voice on Instagram for disabled body compassion and equality.

Geraldine Walsh

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Feeling Body-Positive When You Have a Disability

As a woman with a physical disability, I am usually glaringly aware of how my body is the polar opposite of what is deemed the norm.

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The Body Image Lessons I Learned From Illness and Disability

I no longer care about my body being perfect. It’s taken a long time to get here, but I’ve realized my body has been through too much to spend time and energy caring about losing that extra 10 pounds or minimizing my scars.

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Asian American and Pacific Islander Well-Being