Summary Of Dating With A Disability

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In society, all aspect of sexuality is often felt to be a forbidding discussion. Any questions about it or concerns, should not be asked of if asked, are whispered. The topic of sexuality makes anyone feel uncomfortable because of moral and religious reasons. Parents usually want to avoid the topic of sex with their children because they feel like they are too young or they consider it an embarrassing conversation. Now someone with a disability can further complications with this topic. In the first video I watched, “Dating with a Disability” the parents feel the need to overprotect their child with a disability because they feel their child is defenseless. The young man with cerebral palsy talks about how he does feel comfortable with himself

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