Sex-Able

Moving beyond labels and limitations.

More often than not, sex and sexuality are confused as terms and casually used interchangeably. While sex categorizes humans physiologically as males and females, sexuality defines the way of sexual expression, gender orientation and ways in which one chooses to relate to self and others.

Definitions of disability have evolved too via the context of models ranging from moral, medical, rehabilitation, sociocultural, to rights-based models. Disability has been viewed from multiple perspectives over the decades sensitizing the world slowly, but surely. In spite of increased awareness of the disability rights movement, health care professionals and society in general, remains to be reluctant in articulating the need to address and discuss sexuality and sexual health-related concerns of people with disabilities.

So, what I hope happens when one goes through this literary piece is considering changing their perceptions.

I would like the words ‘can’ and ‘opportunity’ to be there when one thinks of disability.

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