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Disability and Sexuality, Exploring the Intimacy Option, Films Media Group

eng

videorecording

Contains mature themes and clinically explicit language

Disability and Sexuality

754107621

Films Media Group

52

Exploring the Intimacy Option

This program challenges the preconception that being physically disabled necessarily means a lack of desire for physical intimacy. Through candid interviews with people who have substantial physical disabilities-cases involving paraplegia, quadriplegia, kyphoscoliosis, neuromuscular disorders, and other conditions-the video expresses their needs as human beings, examines constraints placed upon them by their conditions as well as by the medical and residential facilities that serve them, and spotlights high-minded organizations prepared to assist them in having loving experiences. Filmed in Europe, Disability and Sexuality offers insights into issues that transcend national boundaries and find common ground in the heart

Open to Love (1:53) -- Love Is Blind (0:59) -- Devoted Couple (1:03) -- World Without Touch (1:04) -- What Kind of Partner for Handicapped Woman? (1:48) -- Complications of Handicaps (1:10) -- Need for Normalcy in Couple's Relationship (1:08) -- Learning Curve for Sex (1:16) -- Handicapped Couple in Love (1:14) -- Handicapped Couple: Desire and Frustration (1:05) -- Who Should Help the Handicapped with Sexual Relationships? (0:58) -- Sexual Needs of Care Home Residents (1:04) -- Assistance with Physical Relationships (1:12) -- Autonomy for the Handicapped (1:35) -- Shared Love and Rage (1:17) -- Blindness of the Non-Handicapped (1:20) -- Prostitute, Sex, and Cherished Memories (1:14) -- Sexual Assistants (1:20) -- Sexual Rekindling (0:57) -- Coalition Promotes Respect for Sex (1:30) -- Sex Seminar (1:39) -- Sensuality of Touch (1:12) -- Sexual Needs of Handicapped Woman (1:50) -- Sex Assistant for Hire (1:16) -- Sex Assistant: Helping Others (0:59) -- Sexual Feelings (1:14) -- Group Therapy: Sexual Discussion (1:08) -- Handicapped Male: First Sexual Encounter (1:52) -- What Is a Sex Assistant? (0:49) -- Sexual Repression and Expression (1:49) -- Sexual Expression: Legal Issues (1:07) -- Parental Desperation and Handicapped Children (0:59) -- Sexual Dilemma for the Handicapped (1:00) -- Human Relationships (1:08) -- Handicapped Female on Sexual Image (1:35) -- Handicapped Parents (1:03) -- Sexual Needs: Gender Differences (1:24) -- Importance of Sexual Relationships (0:54) -- Sex and Cherished Memories (0:58) -- Sex and Reintegration (0:55)

live action

Exploring the Intimacy Option