Gem: "OMG I got a match"

Brittney Neunzig is thirteen years old when her life changes forever. She’s in love with a boy in school, and with romance novels. She constantly fantasizes about being swept up in passionate whirlwind romances. But after an accident that renders her paralyzed from the chest down, she thinks those fantasies are forever out of reach. Little did she know that her imagination would be central in her sexual journey. Participants: Brittney Neunzig, Katherine Sellors, an occupational therapist and a researcher for Enhance the UK.Host: Alice Lee EdwardsProduced by Filt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leon Harris is the goofy guy who grows up with a protective mother and in 2007 her worst nightmare comes true. He almost dies, becomes paralyzed from his chest down and loses about 70 percent of his feelings in his arms. Never wanting to see him hurt again, she protects him from everything, including love. But this isn't a story about loss, this is a story about restoration.Participants: Leon Harris, Jen Dainty, a clinical psychologist practicing in the UK.Host: Alice Lee EdwardsProduced by Filt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

England is on lockdown, the Covid pandemic is forcing people into isolation. And alone in her apartment in West Yorkshire, Gem Turner is facing off with her inner demons. After almost 30 years of being programmed into thinking that she doesn’t belong in the dating world, Gem finally musters up enough courage, and downloads a dating app. And quickly, she meets three clear categories of men: : The “I don’t even see your disability”, the “You teach me so much”, and “ The Fetisher”. Participants: Gem Turner, Rhoda Olkin a distinguished professor of clinical psychology at a graduate school that trains therapists at alliant university in the US.  Host: Alice Lee EdwardsProduced by Filt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In southern Norway, Helene Skeie Henrich sees the tiny plus sign on her pregnancy test- and her world flips upside down, in more ways than you can imagine. She quickly gets the feeling that people in wheelchairs aren’t welcome as parents in society. She combs through the internet, asks her doctors and visits all her local baby-care stores- but finds nothing. No tools are built for parents with wheelchairs in mind. She has to invent her own. Participants: Helene Skeie Henrich, Nicole Lomerson, researcher at the Associate II at the Lurie Center for disability policy in the US. Host: Alice Lee EdwardsProduced by Filt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fred Smith describes himself as a typical guy - and a typical lover. When he has sex, the goal is penetration and ejaculation. But all that changes- after a traumatic accident that leaves him paralyzed from the waist down. He is now forced to relearn everything. Including everything he thought he knew about sex and masculinity. And he never would have thought that his injury would teach him to have the best sex he’s ever had.Participants: Fred Smith, Damian Weatherall a sex educator who specializes in sex and disability and an adviser, accessible consultant for sex toy companies in the UK. Host: Alice Lee EdwardsProduced by Filt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Love and Disability is a podcast about love and sex from a disabled perspective, with host Alice Lee Edwards.Produced by Filt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.