The Best of Disability Blogs and Banter

Sexy Self-Love:

“You can call it a massive orgy, play party, sex-romp, or whatever you want. You can suggest that tax payer funds are funding a swingers event. That’s all well and good, but let’s be honest for one second about what the event is actually about. Over and above the media hype that is salivating over the buzz words, this event is about providing access to people living the experience of disability to be part of an experience they are so often denied. This event is about putting disability and agency over one’s body at the forefront.”

— Andrew Morrison-Gurza, about Deliciously Disabled, which will take place this August in Toronto, www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/10/disabled-sex-party_n_7550924.html

New Love:

“We met on a dating site 12 years ago. I sent her a message saying: ‘I want to let you know up front that I’m in a wheelchair, because I can’t hide it.’ And she wrote back: ‘Why? Is it bright yellow?’”

— From “Humans of New York,” which posts photos and quotes of everyday New Yorkers. Follow Humans of New York on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr.

Playful Love:

Girlfriend: What do you want to wear today?

Me: Khakis and that red button-up.

Girlfriend: So my leggings and a T-shirt?

Every. Day.

— Shane Burcaw, “8 Awkwardly Hilarious Intricacies Of Being Kept Alive by Family and Friends.” Read the other seven at www.buzzfeed.com/shaneburcaw. Burcaw is also author of Laughing at My Nightmare, about living with spinal muscular atrophy. Find him on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook.

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