Exploring Sexuality and Disability

Shanna Katz Kattari, PhD, MEd, CSE, is a certified sexuality educator, an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, and the director of the [Sexuality | Relationships | Gender] Research Collective. Their work focuses on disability and ableism; sexuality and sexual health; and queer- and trans-affirming care. Find out more about their work at ShannaKattari.com.

0.Introduction. Part One – History and Community Work. 1.A (Very Brief) History of Disability and Sexuality Policy. 2.Able-Bodied Women Killing Disabled Babies: How Modern Narratives on Disability and Abortion Erase Disabled People from the Reproductive Justice Movement. 3.For Us, By Us: Mutual Aid Efforts in Disabled Queer and Trans Communities. Part Two – Exploring the Specifics. 4.Infinity and rainbows: Supporting the sexuality of neurodivergent people. 5.Access Isn’t Optional: Sexuality and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. 6.Sexuality, Hearing Loss, and d/Deaf Individuals. 7."Love is Merely a Madness": Sexuality and Madness in a Cisheteropatriarchal Culture. 8.Blindness and Sexuality. 9.No Spoons for Spooning: Navigating Sexuality, Chronic Illness, and Chronic Pain. Part Three – Diverse Types of Practice. 10.Disability-Affirming Sex Therapy. 11.Exploring a methodology of care: Creating research with disabled queer individuals and community. 12.Ready, Willing, and Able: Sexuality Education for Disabled Individuals. 13.Disabled and/or Chronically Ill Survivors of Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence. 14.Exploring the Intersections of Sex Work and Disability: What Helping Professionals Should Consider. 15.Resisting "Too Young": Anti-Adultism in Disability and Sexual Health Justice Advocacy. Part Four – Across Intersecting Identities. 16.Racialization of Disability and Sexuality: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective within the U.S. 17.Navigating Disability and Sexuality in Old Age. 18.Trans Enough, Queer Enough, Disabled Enough: Exploring Issues of Gatekeeping and Legitimacy of Trans, Queer, and Disabled Identities through Sexuality. 19.We’ll Make Our Own Space: Making LGBTQ+ Spaces Accessible. 20.Sexual Well-Being Among Young Disabled People. 21.Compulsory Monogamy is Disabling: Connecting Disability Justice and Critical Non-monogamy. 22.Caring for Disabled Kinksters: Context & Practical Guidance for Providers. 23.Weight Stigma, Desirability & Disability.