Ok you might be reading this thinking why the hell does Sian want to know this? Surely she hasn’t got enough to do without reading about students sex stories or maybe she just needs to get out more.

Ah you see in a genius way (ok maybe not!!!) have made it so that I can talk about sex as part of my role as SWD Officer- it’s all about the campaigning sweetie. You see one of the SWD Campaigns this year is called Sexual RevaLOOation and is all about toilets and sex. One of the main calls in the campaign is to have sanitary products and condom machines put into accessible toilets. If you want to find out more about the campaign read my lets talk about sex blog and also the SWD priority campaign blog.

But anyhow back to why I want to know about you sexual experiences. You see we have been getting a bit of attention from different reporters etc. about the fact that we are running this campaign and a journalist has been in touch wanting to write a piece about disabled people and sex. So I only really want to know about your sexual experiences if you are disabled- the rest of you- well to be honest prefer not to know!!!!

I have cut and paste the email she sent me below to get you thinking (also because it is teh day before teh campaign launch so am all a little bit stressed!). If you are interested in being involved in the article then please do get in touch with me on sian.davies@nus.org.uk. It would be great to have lots of peeps involved in this article so that there was a positive image of disabled people and sex and the subject actually started getting talked about. Gosh can you imagine though, the fact that us disabled people have sex, just keep it shhhhhhhh and don’t tell my mum & dad- they just think I’m sweet and innocent!!!

Hi Sian

The article I'm aiming for is basically a bit of a girls mag positive approach to sex [NB I want to include men in it if I can find some willing to talk, come on guys!], "how to ooze sex appeal" and "tips from those who are getting it" kind of slant. I'm not aiming to trivialise the whole subject but the idea is that the article veers towards being upbeat, informative and practical. The reason I've gone for this line is because much of what you read about disability and sex is a bit doomy gloomy, disability and sex "the last taboo", that sort of approach... and what people really want to know is what to do to get more of the action so to speak.

Would you classify yourself as a disabled person who has cracked the conundrum of successful dating/scoring?

If so I've just jotted down some questions, if you fancy answering some/all of them then it would be fab to hear from you!:

What were your early attitudes to sex? Did you get any sex education from school/parents or were you given the impression that wasn't something you'd do [any funny stories about what you were told?]?

What were your early experiences of sex? Were people bothered by your disability? Have you got any funny/ironic/interesting stories to tell in relation to being out on the pull and your disability?

What's your attitude to being disabled and being sexual? What do people you know think about your attitude?

What do you think the general public's attitude towards disabled people having sex is? What do you say to that?

Have you got any top tips for disabled people sitting at home thinking "there's no point me going out I won't get anyone to go for me..."?

These questions are all off the top off my head, let me know if there are other things you'd like to say! If you were reading an article about sex and disability what would you like to see in it?

I hope you want to get involved and be a part of this article, if you do please get in touch as soon as possible as I need to get the article done and dusted in the next few weeks and I have to work round looking after an 8 month old baby who is going off sleeping!

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